sexual abuse
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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