HyperDic: sexual_abuse

English > 1 sense of the expression sexual abuse:
NOUNactsexual abuse, sexual assault, sex crime, sex offensea 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 > sexual abuse: 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, sex crime, sex offense
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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