date-rape
verb
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date-raped;
date-raping;
date-rapes
Definition of date-rape
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to commit date rape on
date rape
nounDefinition of date rape (Entry 2 of 2)
: rape committed by the victim's date
broadly
: acquaintance rape
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Examples of date-rape in a Sentence
Noun
He was accused of date rape.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The dinner event also focused on menopause, and Eckert’s new products in development, including a decal that detects date rape drugs in drinks and a flushable pregnancy test. — Halley Bondy, NBC News, "In the know: Women in the news 8/12-8/16," 16 Aug. 2019 One of Cordero’s lawyers, Dod Ghassemkhani, argued that despite claims by the witnesses of being drugged, no date rape drugs had been discovered in the womens’ toxicology exams. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Man accused in San Diego date rape series ordered to stand trial," 16 Aug. 2019 Karla Walker, clinical laboratory director for a company that analyzed the woman's urine, testified there were no date rape drugs found in the urine. — Lawrence Andrea, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Woman testifies she remembers little from night of alleged assault by ex-Badger Quintez Cephus," 31 July 2019 Her brother, Byron, finally faces the legal consequences of participating in a drunken date rape of Annie Mills at Columbia University. — Meg Medina, New York Times, "Dark Magic and Other Escapes in These Summer Y.A. Novels," 1 June 2018 The first major national date rape case came in 1990, and it was met with widespread confusion and dismissal. — Constance Grady, Vox, "How the Kavanaugh allegations became a test for #MeToo," 24 Sep. 2018 One of the men pictured here was directly responsible for my date rape. — Aisha Harris, New York Times, "ABC Pulls Episode of ‘The Proposal’ After Sexual Assault Accusation," 22 June 2018 Predators have slipped it into the drinks of unsuspecting date rape victims. — Michael Harriot, The Root, "Minneapolis Cops Secretly Used 'Date Rape Drug' on Suspects for Years: Report," 18 June 2018 KnoNap isn’t the first or only attempt to curb date rape with supplies commonly found in the party aisle. — Torey Van Oot, Glamour, "A Cocktail Napkin Could Soon Detect Drugs in Your Drink," 8 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'date-rape.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for date-rape
date rape
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of date rape
: the crime of forcing someone you know to have sex with you especially while on a date
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date rape
noun
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Medical Definition of date rape
: rape committed by the victim's date
broadly
: acquaintance rape
date rape
nounLegal Definition of date rape
: rape committed by the victim's date
broadly
: acquaintance rape