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English noun: sexual assault | |||
| 1. | sexual assault (act) a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat | ||
| Samples | Most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault. | ||
| Synonyms | sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | assault, molestation, rape, ravishment, violation | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
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