noun
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
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most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault
• Syn: ↑sexual assault, ↑sexual abuse, ↑sex crime
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑statutory offense, ↑statutory offence, ↑regulatory offense, ↑regulatory offence
• Hyponyms: ↑molestation, ↑rape, ↑violation, ↑assault, ↑ravishment
Useful english dictionary. 2012.