sexual assault

Definitions

A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“their sample consisted of a much higher percentage of sexual assault and forcible rape cases than does the sample employed in the present⟳ study⟳”

“Sexual Assault Services had its inception with a two-part seminar on Sensitivity and Awareness Training for the County Attorney's staff in early 1974”

“Instead, rape became an issue⟳ when women began to compare⟳ their experiences as children, teen-agers, students, workers, and wives and to realize⟳ that sexual assault, in one form⟳ or another, was common.”

“Sometimes rumors of sexual assault operated prior to the riot”

“The result⟳ may not quite give⟳ the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate⟳ that their spirit remains strong in the face⟳ of adversity.”

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