Raped
/ˈreɪpt/
Definitions
- (v.) Past tense and past participle of rape; to commit the crime of sexual assault by force or without consent.
He was prosecuted for having raped the victim.
Forms
- rape
- rapes
- raping
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Commentary
As an inflected form, 'raped' does not carry separate definitions but is used in legal contexts to describe the completed action of the offense.
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