INDECENT ASSAULT

Meaning of INDECENT ASSAULT in English

inˌdecent asˈsault BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] law

the crime of making a sexual attack on someone, touching or threatening to touch them, but not RAPING them (=forcing them to have sex)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

INDECENT ASSAULT — noun Date: 1855 an offensive sexual act or series of acts exclusive of rape committed against another person without consent
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INDECENT ASSAULT — noun : an immoral act or series of acts exclusive of rape or an attempt to commit rape committed by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDECENT ASSAULT — a sexual offense, other than rape, committed by one person against another. [ 1860-65 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INDECENT ASSAULT — Date: 1855 : an offensive sexual act or series of acts exclusive of rape committed against another person without consent
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INDECENT ASSAULT — Function: noun Date: 1855 : an offensive sexual act or series of acts exclusive of rape committed against another person …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
INDECENT ASSAULT — ■ noun sexual assault that does not involve rape.
Concise Oxford English vocab
INDECENT ASSAULT — [indecent assault] n (1861): an immoral act or series of acts exclusive of rape committed against another person without consent
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INDECENT ASSAULT — noun [ C , U ] ( law ) a sexual attack on sb but one that does not include …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDECENT ASSAULT — Indecent assault is the crime of attacking someone in a way which involves touching or threatening them sexually, but not …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDECENT ASSAULT — Indecent assault is the crime of attacking someone in a way which involves touching or threatening them sexually, but not …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
INDECENT ASSAULT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A female can be charged with an indecent assault on another female. ▪ Before he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INDECENT ASSAULT — развратные действия
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
INDECENT ASSAULT — непристойное нападение
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
INDECENT — índecent (-ie), obscen
English interlingue dictionary
INDECENT — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French indécent, from Latin ~-, indecens, from in- + decent-, decens decent Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ASSAULT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) assault and battery assault rifle Sturmabteilung German: Assault Division
Английский словарь Британика
ASSAULT — I. əˈsȯlt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English assaut, from Old French asaut, assaut, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin assaltus, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDECENT — - ə nt adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French indécent, from Latin indecent-, indecens, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDECENT — (a.) Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language.
Английский словарь Webster
INDECENT — ( a. ) Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INDECENT — — indecently , adv. /in dee"seuhnt/ , adj. 1. offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSAULT — — assaultable , adj. — assaulter , n. /euh sawlt"/ , n. 1. a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ASSAULT — I. ə-ˈsȯlt noun Etymology: Middle English assaut, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * assaltus, from assalire Date: 14th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INDECENT — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French indécent, from Latin indecent-, indecens, from in- + decent-, decens decent Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INDECENT — adj not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty and delicacy; as, indecent language.
Webster English vocab
ASSAULT — noun to make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting …
Webster English vocab
INDECENT — [in.de.cent] adj [MF or L; MF indecent, fr. L indecent-, indecens, fr. in- + decent-, decens decent] (ca. 1587): not …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ASSAULT — [as.sault] n [ME assaut, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL assaltus, fr. assalire] (14c) 1 a: a violent physical or verbal …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INDECENT — indecent BrE AmE ɪn ˈdiːs ə nt ˌɪn- ▷ indecent|ly li ▶ in ˌ decent as ˈ sault, ˌ•ˌ•• •ˈ• …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ASSAULT — assault BrE AmE ə ˈsɔːlt -ˈsɒlt -ˈsɑːlt ▷ assault|ed ɪd əd ▷ assault|ing ɪŋ ▷ assault|s s ▶ as ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INDECENT — / ɪnˈdiːsnt; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of behaviour, talk, etc. ) thought to be morally offensive, especially because it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSAULT — / əˈsɔːlt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , C ] assault (on / upon sb) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDECENT — in ‧ de ‧ cent /ɪnˈdiːs ə nt/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . something that is indecent is shocking and …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ASSAULT — I. as ‧ sault 1 /əˈsɔːlt $ əˈsɒːlt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INDECENT — adj. 1 offending against recognized standards of decency. 2 unbecoming; highly unsuitable (with indecent haste). øindecent assault a sexual attack …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ASSAULT — n. & v. --n. 1 a violent physical or verbal attack. 2 a Law an act that threatens physical harm …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INDECENT — adj. 1 offending against recognized standards of decency. 2 unbecoming; highly unsuitable (with indecent haste). indecent assault a sexual attack …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ASSAULT — n. & v. n. 1 a violent physical or verbal attack. 2 a Law an act that threatens physical harm …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INDECENT — adj.1 offending against recognized standards of decency. 2 unbecoming; highly unsuitable (with indecent haste). Phrases and idioms: indecent assault a …
Oxford English vocab
ASSAULT — n. & v. --n. 1. a violent physical or verbal attack. 2 a Law an act that threatens physical harm …
Oxford English vocab
INDECENT — 1. If you describe something as indecent , you mean that it is shocking and offensive, usually because it relates …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ASSAULT — ( assaults, assaulting, assaulted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An assault …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDECENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sexual/indecent assault ▪ Women who have suffered serious sexual assault are offered support and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ASSAULT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES aggravated assault ▪ He was charged with aggravated assault . assault and battery assault …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INDECENT — (IMMORAL) [adjective] - morally offensive, esp. in a sexual wayScenes in the film showing a rape were felt by many …
Cambridge English vocab
ASSAULT — [noun], [verb] - (to make) a sudden violent attack on (someone), esp. a sexual oneFollowing a police arrest yesterday, a …
Cambridge English vocab
ASSAULT — n. assault and battery assault rifle Sturmabteilung German: Assault Division
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ASSAULT — Synonyms and related words : abuse, aggravated assault, aggression, ambush, amphibious attack, armed assault, assail, assailing, assailment, attack, banzai attack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSAULT — I. noun 1 crime of attacking sb ADJECTIVE ▪ brutal , ferocious , savage , vicious , violent ▪ armed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
INDECENT — adj. 25B6; adjective indecent photographs : OBSCENE, dirty, filthy, rude, coarse, naughty, vulgar, gross, crude, lewd, salacious, improper, smutty, off …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ASSAULT — n. 25B6; verb he assaulted a police officer : ATTACK, hit, strike, punch, beat up, thump; pummel, pound, batter; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
INDECENT — adj. 1 indecorous, indelicate, immodest, improper, unbecoming, unsuitable, unfit, inappropriate; in bad taste When he proposed marriage she accepted with …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ASSAULT — 1. The climax of an attack, closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting. 2. In an amphibious operation, the period …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
INDECENT — прил. 1) неприличный; вульгарный, непристойный It was indecent of him to do that. ≈ Он поступил неприлично, сделав это. Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ASSAULT — 1. сущ. 1) нападение; воен. атака, приступ, штурм to make assault, give assault ≈ атаковать to win by assaul, gain …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDECENT — a 1. неприличный, непристойный grossly indecent - крайне неприличный indecent behaviour - непристойное /неприличное/ поведение to use indecent language - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ASSAULT — assault.ogg 1. əʹsɔ:lt n 1. (вооружённое) нападение, атака; штурм, приступ to make an assault upon smb. - совершить нападение на …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INDECENT — indecent прил.1) неприличный; вульгарный, непристойный It was indecent of him to do that. — Он поступил неприлично, сделав это. Syn:unbecoming, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
INDECENT — a 1. неприличный, непристойный grossly indecent - крайне неприличный indecent behaviour - непристойное /неприличное/ поведение to use indecent language - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ASSAULT — 1. əʹsɔ:lt n 1. (вооружённое) нападение, атака; штурм, приступ to make an assault upon smb. - совершить нападение на кого-л. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INDECENT — прил. 1) неприличный; вульгарный, непристойный It was indecent of him to do that. — Он поступил неприлично, сделав это. Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ASSAULT — 1. сущ. 1) нападение; воен. атака, приступ, штурм to make assault, give assault — атаковать to win by assaul, gain …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INDECENT — прил. 1) неприличный; вульгарный, непристойный It was indecent of him to do that. — Он поступил неприлично, сделав это. Syn: unbecoming, obscene, immodest, improper, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ASSAULT — 1. сущ. 1) нападение; воен. атака, приступ, штурм to make assault, give assault — атаковать to win by assaul, gain by assaul, take …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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