sexual abuse
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈbjus/
- NSFW
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abuso sexual
- And in Canon law, it says when sexual abuse cases are looked into, they have to be kept secret.
- child sexual abuse
- childhood sexual abuse
- sexual abuse by clergy
So she was an examiner for sexual abuse cases of children.
- So she was an examiner for sexual abuse cases of children.
- It raises risks of physical and sexual abuse by mom's boyfriends.
- And let me just tell you, this culture is rampant with sexual abuse, addiction, violence.
- Look at all the sexual abuse in churches.
- Yeah, for physical and sexual abuse on children.
- It is one sexual abuse predator after the other and I've had it.
- So this sexual abuse would just continue and continue and continue.
- It seems like there is just rampant sexual abuse going on.
- Now, you do not treat a victim of sexual abuse that way.
- A lot of it was a child abuse, child sexual abuse.
- What she said on chances of sexual abuse.
- And that's then what what I'm talking about with child sexual abuse and those and molestation.
- And he and his answer was I've never been a victim of sexual abuse.
- So a dark past almost always means physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
- It was a big house and the abuse, the sexual abuse started then.
- And understand that one out of every four people have had some form of sexual abuse.
- You know, the Catholic Church is within the middle of a sexual harass, sexual abuse scandal that just never seems to end, right?
Examples
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Press coverage led to television coverage, as case after case of clergy sexual abuse came out into the open.
Academic text (1996) -
And I also experienced sexual abuse when I was nine years old.
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And that proof of sexual abuse was never put before the jury.
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The treatment of sexual abuse victims.
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If you know of a problem with child sexual abuse, please contact your local law enforcement or social service agency.
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Look at all the sexual abuse in churches.
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Have you or a friend or family member ever been the victim of sexual harassment, sexual abuse or sexual assault?
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No longer restricted to the U.S. and Canada, clergy sexual abuse cases have recently started to appear in European media.
Academic text (1996) -
Interviewing a victim of child sexual abuse can be difficult in most Indian communities.
Academic text (1992) -
Many survivors of sexual abuse struggle to rebuild their lives after the trauma.
Synonyms
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5.7
Unwanted sexual contact or activity often involving force
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9.1
Unwanted sexual touching or actions toward another person, often a child
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6.6
An illegal sexual act done without the other person's agreement, often using force or threats
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7.7
A crime in which someone forces another person to have sex against their will
How Serious
- Offensive
744
4.1
- NSFW
119
5.7
- NSFW
91
5.7
- Offensive
377
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'sexual' (relating to sex) modifies 'abuse' (mistreatment), yielding the straightforward sense of mistreatment of a sexual nature. This pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal adjective + noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words would very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Sexual abuse links sexual, which is about sex, and abuse, which means 'to hurt or use someone in a wrong way'. It describes when someone is 'forced or tricked' into sexual activity, so today sexual abuse means the crime of making another person take part in unwanted sexual acts.