sexual abuse
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
sexual abuse (usually uncountable, plural sexual abuses)
- (crime) Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced on them nonetheless, especially when considered to be more sustained or frequent than an incident of sexual assault.
- Synonyms: sex abuse, molestation
- Hypernym: abuse
- 1971 October 4, ‘Facing Equality for Women’, Time:
- Statutory-rape laws concerning voluntary intercourse would probably be taken off the books, though both young boys and young girls could still be protected against any sexual abuse by older persons.
- 1987, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
- I believe that I was the victim of sexual abuse in my relationship with T. It was always the way HE wanted it & I wasn't to do anything I wanted. So I just "submitted" to him & was glad that he would have anything to do with me.
- 2013, The Guardian, (headline), 29 Sep 2013:
- Argentine priest Julio Grassi begins 15-year sentence over sexual abuse.
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Translations
forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another
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