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rapist

rapist

290 7.0
A person who forces someone to have sex without their consent
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪpɪst/
  • Offensive
translation icon : violador
  • The police arrested the man suspected of being a rapist after a thorough investigation.
  • serial rapist
  • convicted rapists
  • child rapist

Now, some of these flights contain rapists, murderers.

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Examples

  • So you're a convicted rapist and this is after you spend time.

  • Worried that the unknown man, Zimmerman, might be a rapist, Jeantel told Martin to run, which he did.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Did you hear that the monster rapist was seen last night again?

  • A murderer would come in, a rapist would come in.

  • I'm no murderer or rapist or whatever sick shit you wanna dream up.

  • I want the police to protect me from the rapist, the robber.

  • " I hope she hasn't let her guard down just because the rapist has been lying low."

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Do I care that a killer or a rapist dislikes me?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • There's one less homicidal rapist walking the streets.

  • The subsequent trial of her accused rapist... was the focal point for both media coverage and public outcry.

Synonyms

raper
vsrapist
  • Offensive
2 9.5

A person who forces someone to have sex without consent

is the more common standard form used for that meaning
violator
vsrapist
  • Offensive
1 8.6

A person who sexually attacks or forces someone

is narrower, naming someone who forces intercourse without consent
ravisher
vsrapist
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who forces someone to have sex without their agreement

is specific to forcing intercourse rather than general assault

How Offensive

rapist
  • Offensive
290 7.0
molester
  • Offensive
64 8.6
fondler
  • Offensive
1 9.8
toucher
1 9.4

Surface Forms

rapist singular
rapists plural

Morphology

rapist = rape (transparent) = rape + ist

The agentive suffix '-ist' straightforwardly forms 'one who commits rape' from the verb 'rape'.

Etymology

Rapist comes from the old Latin word rapere, which means 'to seize' or 'take by force', and the ending -ist means 'a person who does something'. So a rapist is literally someone who seizes or forces another person, which explains why the word means a person who forces someone to have sex.