statutory rape
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- noun
- /ˈstætʃəˌtɔri reɪp/
- Offensive
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relaciones sexuales con menores
- After learning about the incident, the parents decided to report the case of statutory rape to the authorities.
- statutory rape law
- statutory rape charge
- statutory rape law enforcement
For legally it's rape, if nothing else, statutory rape.
- For legally it's rape, if nothing else, statutory rape.
Examples
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Say a woman teacher commits statutory rape against one of her students.
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A 33-year-old female teacher was found guilty of statutory rape of a 15-year-old male student.
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What was the law on statutory rape?
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But most Americans will still probably feel that statutory rape enforcement makes sense.
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The father was convicted of statutory rape and sentenced to two years.
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I think that there should be a distinction between forcible and statutory rape from a criminal investigation perspective.
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Realizing that this battle will never be won by data alone, opponents of statutory-rape enforcement are advancing other arguments.
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Some counties won't even prosecute statutory rape cases unless there is a five-year age gap between partners.
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Carla Grabert, the district attorney who runs the statutory rape program in California's Kern County, prosecuted a case that illustrates this problem.
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A 33-year-old teacher was sentenced to prison after being convicted of statutory rape of her 15-year-old student.
Synonyms
Sex by an adult with someone under the legal age
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'statutory' clearly signals a legal/legislative relation to the noun 'rape', so a learner who knows both words can infer this is a legally defined kind of rape. However, the crucial specifics — that it refers to sexual intercourse with someone below the age of consent and can be criminal even when consensual — are specialized legal nuances not fully predictable from the parts, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The term statutory rape comes from statutory, meaning 'made by law', and rape, meaning a sexual crime, so it points to sex that the law makes illegal because one person is under the age of consent. That's why, even if both people agree, it is 'a criminal offense' under the law.