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acquaintance rape

noun

Definition of acquaintance rape

: rape committed by someone known to the victim

Examples of acquaintance rape in a Sentence

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 In the 2014 comic, Trigger Warning: Breakfast, an anonymous woman writes about an acquaintance rape. — Marissa Korbel, Harper's BAZAAR, "Sometimes You Make Your Rapist Breakfast," 25 Apr. 2018 Cosby's defense team argued that O'Neill should have recused himself from the retrial because his wife is a clinical social worker whose dissertation focused on acquaintance rape. — Eric Levenson, CNN, "Who's who in Bill Cosby's retrial," 8 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of acquaintance rape

1974, in the meaning defined above

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acquaintance rape

noun
ac·​quain·​tance rape | \ ə-ˈkwānt-ᵊn(t)s- How to pronounce acquaintance rape (audio) \

Medical Definition of acquaintance rape

: rape committed by someone known to the victim

acquaintance rape

noun

Legal Definition of acquaintance rape

: rape committed by someone known to the victim

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