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gate rape

noun

Etymology

From gate (“passageway in an airport for embarking passengers”) + rape, formed to rhyme with date rape.

  1. derived from rapiō
  2. inherited from rapen
  3. compounded as gate rape — “gate + rape”

Definitions

  1. Aggressive security screening prior to aircraft boarding.

    • Now, some women's advocates are referring to the situation as "Gate Rape" and speaking out against incidents like these so that other women don't have to endure the same humiliation.
    • Ever since the Thanksgiving rebellion over intrusive new pat-downs that some have dubbed “gate-rape,” Americans have been debating security requirements versus privacy rights.

  2. To screen (someone) aggressively prior to allowing them to board an aircraft.

    • And yet for all its tyranny, Israel doesn’t gate-rape passengers as does America's TSA.
    • We need to open a bar at that airport. People need a stiff drink after being gate raped by the TSA.

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