Collocations for "rape"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rape" in context.
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rape
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- raped [the woman, a child, a colleague, his wife]
- raped by a [colleague, stranger, client]
- raped in [prison, her house, the park]
- raped at [knifepoint, gunpoint]
- raped on [camera, video, the street]
- raped and [murdered, killed, tortured]
- [violently, mercilessly] raped
- [accused of, sentenced for, tried for] raping
- [drugged, roofied, abducted] and raped
- rape the [skyline, countryside, landscape, mountains]
- [developers, real estate companies, constructors] are raping the [skyline]
- sensitive: [tried, sentenced, imprisoned] for rape
- sensitive: is accused of the rape (of)
- sensitive: convicted on [two] counts of rape
- sensitive: committed at least [two] rapes
- sensitive: is a victim of rape
- figurative: the rape of the [countryside, mountain, hills]
- [detained, arrested, sentenced] on a rape charge
- [help, support, a hotline] for rape victims
- rape [counselors, counseling]
- carry a rape whistle
- agriculture: scattered rape dust in the fields
'rape' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):