verb
- past tense and past participle of rape: to force someone to have sex against their will
Usage: serious crime; sensitive topic
Examples
- The victim reported that she had been raped.
- He was convicted of having raped two women.
- The counselor helped survivors who had been raped.
- Statistics show that many cases go unreported when someone has been raped.
- The law provides protection for those who have been raped.