date rape

Noun

date rape (countable and uncountable, plural date rapes)

1. A rape committed by an acquaintance of the victim while out on a date.
   • However, from a more practical point of view it would be wise to adopt a distinction between "date rape" and "stranger rape" since jurors are likely to adopt such a distinction on their own.1974, Noreen Connell, Cassandra Wilson, Rape: the first sourcebook for women, New American Library, page 155
2. A rape committed after a perpetrator first secretly administers a sedative or memory-inhibiting drug (a date rape drug) to a victim under the cover of a social setting.
   • In this light, it is not very surprising that so many date-rape charges fly after these "hook-ups".2000, Wendy Shalit, A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue, page 29
   • Some even say it's not really date rape if you meet a guy at a party, hook up, and then he forces you to have sex with him.2009, Patti Feuereisen, Invisible Girls: The Truth about Sexual Abuse, page 184