1. The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
   "The rape of the victim led to a citywide manhunt";
   - violation, assault, ravishment [archaic]
    
2. The act of despoiling a country in warfare
   "The invading army's rape left the countryside devastated";
   - rapine
    
3. Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
   "rape is an important oilseed crop"; "oilseed rape is an important oilseed crop";
   - colza, Brassica napus, canola [N. Amer], oilseed rape

1. Force (someone) to have sex against their will
   "The woman was raped on her way home at night";
   - ravish [archaic], violate, assault, dishonor [US, archaic], dishonour [Brit, Cdn, archaic]
    
2. [archaic] Rob or strip (a place) of its contents or resources destructively
   "The soldiers raped the beautiful country";
   - spoil [archaic], despoil, plunder

Derived forms: raping, rapes, raped

Type of: abuse, assail, assault, attack, destroy, mustard, pillage, pillaging, plundering, ruin, set on, sex crime, sex offence [Brit, Cdn], sex offense [US], sexual abuse, sexual assault

Part of: Brassica, genus Brassica

Encyclopedia: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network