sexual assault

English Thesaurus

1. 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 (noun.act)

hypernym	:	regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense,
definition	:	crimes created by statutes and not by common law (noun.act)

hyponym	:	molestation,
definition	:	the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	assault, rape, ravishment, violation,
definition	:	the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

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