Rape : (noun)
1: Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
[syn: colza, Brassica napus]
2: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: rapine]
3: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
against her will [syn: violation, assault, ravishment]
(verb)
1: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
was raped on her way home at night" [syn: ravish, violate,
assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]
2: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
beautiful country" [syn: spoil, despoil, violate, plunder]
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Rape : \Rape\ (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.]
1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.
2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which
the must has been expressed in wine making.
3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying
and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.
Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of
pressed grapes.
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Rape : \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L.
rapere. See Rap to snatch.]
1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent
seizure; robbery.
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Rape : \Rape\, v. t.
To commit rape upon; to ravish.
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Rape : \Rape\, v. i.
To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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Rape : \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel.
hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]
One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England,
intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
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Rape : \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ?, ?, G. r["u]be.]
(Bot.)
A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used
for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for
the food of cage birds.
Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some
is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B.
oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.
Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
expressed from the seed.
Rape root. Same as Rape.
Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.
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Cole \Cole\, n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis,
the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage,
akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of
B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.
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RAPE, division of a country. In the English law, this is a district similar
to that of a hundred; but oftentimes containing in it more hundreds than
one.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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RAPE, crim. law. The carnal knowledge of a woman by a man forcibly and
unlawfully against her will. In order to ascertain precisely the nature of
this offence, this definition will be analysed.
2. Much difficulty has arisen in defining the meaning of carnal
knowledge, and different opinions have been entertained some judges having
supposed that penetration alone is sufficient, while other's deemed emission
as an essential ingredient in the crime. Hawk. b. 1, c. 41, s. 3; 12 Co. 37;
1 Hale, P. C. 628; 2 Chit. Cr. L. 810. But in modern times the better
opinion seems to be that both penetration and emission are necessary. 1
East, P. C. 439; 2 Leach, 854. It is, however, to be remarked, that very
slight evidence may be sufficient to induce a jury to believe there was
emission. Addis. R. 143; 2 So. Car. C. R. 351; 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 140. 4
Chit. Bl. Com. 213, note 8. In Scotland, emission is not requisite. Allis.
Prin. 209, 210. See Emission; Penetration.
3. By the term man in this definition is meant a male of the human
species, of the age of fourteen years and upwards; for an infant, under
fourteen years, is supposed by law incapable of committing this offence. 1
Hale, P. C. 631; 8 C. & P. 738. But not only can an infant under fourteen
years, if of sufficient mischievous discretion, but even a woman may be
guilty as principals in the second degree. And the husband of a woman may be
a principal in the second degree of aRape : committed upon his wife, as where
he held her while his servant committed the rape. 1 Harg St. Tr. 388.
4. The knowledge of the woman's person must be forcibly and against her
will; and if her consent has not been voluntarily and freely given, (when
she has the power to consent,) the offence will be complete, nor will any
subsequent acquiescence on her part do away the guilt of the ravisher. A
consent obtained from a woman by actual violence, by duress or threats of
murder, or by the administration of stupefying drugs, is not such a consent
as will shield the offender, nor turn his crime into adultery or
fornication.
5. The matrimonial consent of the wife cannot be retracted, and,
therefore, her husband cannot be guilty of a rape on her as his act is not
unlawful. But, as already observed, he may be guilty as principal in the
second degree.
6. As a child under ten years of age is incapable in law to give her
consent, it follows, that the offence may be committed on such a child
whether she consent or not. See Stat. 18 Eliz, c. 7, s. 4. See, as to the
possibility of committing a rape, and as to the signs which indicate it, 1
Beck's Med. Jur. ch. 12; Merlin, Rep. mot Viol.; 1 Briand, Med. Leg. 1ere
partic, c. 1, p. 66; Biessy, Manuel Medico-Legal, &c. p. 149; Parent
Duchatellet, De la Prostitution dans la ville de Paris, c. 3, Sec. 5 Barr.
on the Stat. 123; 9 Car. & P. 752 2 Pick. 380; 12 S. & R. 69; 7 Conn. 54
Const. R. 354; 2 Vir. Cas. 235.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Rape : vt. 1. To screw someone or something, violently; in particular,
to destroy a program or information irrecoverably. Often used in
describing file-system damage. "So-and-so was running a program that did
absolute disk I/O and ended up raping the master directory." 2. To strip
a piece of hardware for parts. 3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an
anonymous ftp site. "Last night I raped Simtel's dskutl directory."
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Rape : Rape: Forced sexual intercourse; sexual assault; sexual intercourse between an adult and a oral sex and other sexual acts.
Heterosexual rape usually refers to an assault in which a male forces himself upon a female, and homosexual rape usually refers to an assault in which a male forces himself upon another male.
However, both terms (heterosexual and homosexual rape) have been used to refer to an assault in which a female forces herself upon a male or a female.
Sexual intercourse between an adult and a minor is known legally as statutory rape . The adult can be found guilty of statutory rape even if the minor was a willing partner.
Gang rape is a sexual assault in which several persons force themselves upon a victim.
cocaine and other drugs.
Rape can also occur in a marriage. Typically, the husband forces himself on his wife at a time when she is unwilling to have sexual intercourse.
Victims of rape suffer physical and mental condition of the patient for legal purposes.
"Rape" is derived from the Latin word "rapere" (to seize).
Based on Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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