HyperDic: sex_offense

English > 1 sense of the expression sex offense:
NOUNactsex offense, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crimea 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
English > sex offense: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA 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.
Synonymssexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
NarrowermolestationThe act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
rape, violation, assault, ravishmentThe crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
Broaderstatutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offencecrimes created by statutes and not by common ... / common law
Spanishabuso sexual, estupro, violación
Catalanviolació

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