Meaning of date rape | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rape committed by an acquaintance of the victim while out on a date.
   countable, uncountable
2. A rape committed after a perpetrator first secretly administers a sedative or memory-inhibiting drug (a date rape drug) to a victim under the cover of a social setting.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“However, from a more practical point of view it would be wise to adopt a distinction between "date rape" and "stranger rape" since jurors are likely to adopt such a distinction on their own.”

“In this light, it is not very surprising that so many date-rape charges fly after these "hook-ups".”

“Some even say it's not really date rape if you meet a guy at a party, hook up, and then he forces you to have sex with him.”

“The hospital didn't find signs of forced sex and didn't initially test for date-rape drugs — Prenter had time to dispose of his home chemistry lab. There had been circumstantial evidence that Prenter targeted other victims online. He'd hook up, drug and rape them, and drop them at their house.”

“Eyesight is a gateway to a new day and the same hate / With a new height and the same feet on a airplane yellin' "Mayday" / With a good girl, gone bad girl who went gay cause of date rape / That's a metaphor for the US / 'Cause they got us all in the same state / State of mind, brain is minimized, put me on the news, only criticize / Revolution will never be televised”

“The date rape brigade has arrived.”

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