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STATUTORY RAPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does statutory rape mean?
• STATUTORY RAPE (noun)
The noun STATUTORY RAPE has 1 sense:
1. sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)
Familiarity information: STATUTORY RAPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
carnal abuse; statutory rape
Hypernyms ("statutory rape" is a kind of...):
assault; rape; ravishment; violation (the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will)
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