RAVISHMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

Synonyms:

assault; rape; ravishment; violation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ravishment" is a kind of...):

sex crime; sex offense; sexual abuse; sexual assault (a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ravishment"):

date rape (rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together))

carnal abuse; statutory rape (sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly))

Derivation:

ravish (force (someone) to have sex against their will)