ravishment
- noun
- /ˈrævɪʃmənt/
- Offensive
:
violación
- She reported the ravishment to the police, detailing the traumatic experience.
Examples
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You are about to witness the ravishment of a woman who has been abducted.
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He nodded gravely; he knew the history of all the ravishments.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Nein," the man growls, and Susan flees, convinced for the moment she has narrowly escaped ravishment and death.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'M JUST MAKING THE POINT THAT A NEGRO CHARGED WITH RAVISHMENT BY THE GREENWICH GENTILITY SHOULD PROBABLY SAVE HIMSELF THE TIME AND UNPLEASANTNESS OF A TRIAL.
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The victim bravely testified about her ravishment in front of the court.
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The article discussed the social repercussions of ravishment on the survivor's life.
Synonyms
744
4.1
A crime of forcing someone to have sex against their will
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6.5
The crime of forcing someone to have sex against their will
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5.7
Force or trick someone into sex they do not want
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6.6
Making someone have sex when they do not agree
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ravishment comes from the old verb ravish, which meant 'to seize' or 'carry away' and comes from Latin rapere 'to seize'. So ravishment was used to mean being taken by force, which is why it was a legal word for the crime we now call rape.