n. 1 ravishment, defloration, deflowering, violation, sexual assault, defilement The police are investigating reports of rape by a masked man 2 rapine, despoliation, spoliation, despoilment, pillage, depredation, ravagement, ravaging, plunder, plundering, sack, sacking, looting, ransacking He travelled in disguise to document the rape of the war-torn areas 3 abduction, carrying-off, kidnapping, seizure, capture, snatching History debates whether the ancient Romans were truly responsible for the rape of the Sabine women
v. 4 violate, ravish, assault sexually, deflower, defile, force to submit to sexual intercourse, have one's way with, take advantage of The defendant raped three women before he was caught 5 despoil, spoliate, pillage, depredate, ravage, plunder, sack, loot Throughout history the city has been raped by marauding tribes