English noun: sex offense |
1. | sex offense (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 |
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| Samples | Most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault.
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| Synonyms | sex crime, sexual abuse, sexual assault |
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| Broader (hypernym) | regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | assault, molestation, rape, ravishment, violation |
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| Domain category | jurisprudence, law |
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