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date rape

noun

Definitions

  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.

  2. A rape committed after a perpetrator first secretly administers a sedative or…

    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".
    • 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.

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Derived

date-rape, date rapist, date rape drug

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA