sexual assault

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 100775604)
    "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common law
    subtypes:
    • molestation - the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
    • assault, rape, ravishment, violation - the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
    same as: sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse

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