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date rapes

date rapes is the plural of date rape.

Meaning of 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

Questions about date rapes

What is date rapes the plural of?
Date rapes is the plural of date rape.

Words near date rapes in the dictionary

  1. date plum
  2. date plums
  3. date rape
  4. date rape drug
  5. date rape drugs
  6. date rapes
  7. date rapist
  8. date rapists
  9. date shell
  10. date shells
  11. date sugar

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