Definition of "rape" []

• The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse. (noun)
• The act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction. (noun)
• Abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice. (noun)
• To force (another person) to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse; commit rape on. (verb-transitive)
• To seize and carry off by force. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I've seen many other instances where train rape is referenced, including a shirt my friend has that has a stick man reaching under a stick woman's dress on public transit and in Japanese is written "Beware of Perverts.""
• "WASHINGTON -- A Republican state legislator in Georgia doesn't like the term rape "victim.""
• "WASHINGTON -- A Republican state legislator in Georgia doesn t like the term rape victim."