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rape shields

rape shields is the plural of rape shield.

Meaning of rape shield

Noun

rape shield (plural rape shields)

  1. Any of various laws barring a defendant on a criminal charge of rape from introducing evidence that goes to the alleged rape victim's sexual behavior unrelated to the encounter from which the charge arose.

Questions about rape shields

What is rape shields the plural of?
Rape shields is the plural of rape shield.

Words near rape shields in the dictionary

  1. rape rack
  2. rape racks
  3. rape seed
  4. rape seeds
  5. rape shield
  6. rape shields
  7. rape test kit
  8. rape test kits
  9. rape tool
  10. rape tools
  11. rape trauma syndrome

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