sexual abuse en · NOUN
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(qualifier:crime, uncountable, usually) 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.
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.
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.
1971 October 4, ‘Facing Equality for Women’, Time:Argentine priest Julio Grassi begins 15-year sentence over sexual abuse.
2013, The Guardian, (headline), 29 Sep 2013
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ru сексуальное злоупотребление (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · ko 성적 학대 (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · ko 성학대 (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · ar إِسَاءَة جِنْسِيَّة (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · af seksuele misbruik (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · fr sévices sexuels (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · bg сексуален тормоз (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · ca abús sexual (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · cmn 性虐待 (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · nl seksueel misbruik (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · sv sexuellt övergrepp (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · fi seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · pl wykorzystywanie seksualne (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · da seksuelt misbrug (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · de sexueller Missbrauch (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · es abuso sexual (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · ro abuz sexual (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · ja 性虐待 (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · ja 性的虐待 (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) · pt abuso sexual (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another)