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Noun: sex crime  seks krIm
  1. (law) a statutory offence that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
    "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sex crime";
    - sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex offense [US], abuse, sex offence [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: sex crimes

Type of: regulatory offence [Brit, Cdn], regulatory offense [US], statutory offence [Brit, Cdn], statutory offense [US]

Encyclopedia: Sex crime

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