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Sexual assault

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent. countable, uncountable

    "their sample consisted of a much higher percentage of sexual assault and forcible rape cases than does the sample employed in the present study"

  2. 2
    a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat wordnet

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