The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.

Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n.

Non-consensual sexual penetration.

One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire.

The Sussex equivalent of a "hundred". (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)

An area of jurisdiction in Sussex

That which is snatched away.

Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry.

A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for the food of cage birds.

Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop

turnip red/green chicory, radicchio radicchio rosso e verde

a very effective way to break a person, to make them experience no joy, make them feel shame and stigmatise them in the eyes of others

a very serious vialation of a persons personal integrity

Originally, the word rape was akin to rapine, rapture, raptor, and rapacious, and referred to the more general violations, such as looting, destruction, and capture of citizens that are inflicted upon a town or country during war, eg. the Rape of Nanking. Today, some dictionaries still define rape to include any serious and destructive assault against a person or community.

REACTION: may use in addition to MAJOR STORY; usually when a big story breaks. REBELLION: armed conflict where the object is the overthrow of an existing government by rebels. RECORD: used only when a record is established or if history is given; NOT for use with individual or team records (see also SPORTS TERMS) RECREATION: links various topics of leisure activities; contrast with SPORT* REFUGEES: individuals or groups fleeing a country for social, economic, war issues, etc.; may be specific or general RELATION: for relations between nations and other places; geographic name may appear in subject field. RELIGION: links various stories together. REPORT: when results of research are announced RESCUE: use when attempted or completed. RESEARCH: may use with MEDICINE, etc. RESTAURANT: may use with REVIEW, PROFILE, OPENING, CLOSING RETIREMENT: general stories about lifestyle, economics, etc.; may use with social security stories RESULT: final outcome of a process, e.g. used with ELECTION; may use with a SURVEY's findings REVIEW: e.g. MOVIE, RESTAURANT, MUSIC, ART

the act of despoiling a country in warfare

destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

To rob; to pillage.

An action causing results harmful to a person or thing; as, the rape of the land by mining companies.

To perform an action causing results harmful or very unpleasant to a person or thing; as, women raped first by their assailants, and then by the Justice system. Corresponds to 2nd rape, n. 5.

a horrible thing, but this event was almost as notable because it had simply never happened before - and, to my knowledge, nothing approaching it has happened since

Monkfish.

The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making.

A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.

To commit rape upon; to ravish.

Take this dream as a warning. Take precautions, protect yourself emotionally and physically and don't engage in careless behaviors.

Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.