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sexual assault en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent.
   • Instead, rape became an issue when women began to compare their experiences as children, teen-agers, students, workers, and wives and to realize that sexual assault, in one form or another, was common. 1974, New York Radical Feminists, Rape: the first sourcebook for women:
   • The result may not quite give the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate that their spirit remains strong in the face of adversity. 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
   • Sexual Assault Services had its inception with a two-part seminar on Sensitivity and Awareness Training for the County Attorney's staff in early 1974 1974, The Hennepin Lawyer, Volume 43, page 12:
   • their sample consisted of a much higher percentage of sexual assault and forcible rape cases than does the sample employed in the present study 1956, Albert Ellis, Ralph Brancale, The psychology of sex offenders, page 62:
   • Sometimes rumors of sexual assault operated prior to the riot 1975, Terry Ann Knopf, Rumors, Race, and Riots, page 62:

Forms

Relateds

sexual abuse · sexual violence · rape · indecent assault · sex attack

Translations (43)

hi यौन हमला (sexual assault) · fy seksuele oantaasting (sexual assault) · cs sexuální násilí (sexual assault) · fa تعرض جنسی (sexual assault) · sq sulm seksual (sexual assault) · de sexueller Übergriff (sexual assault) · vi tấn công tình dục (sexual assault) · ko 성적 폭행 (sexual assault) · ps جنسي بريد (sexual assault) · hy սեռական հանցագործություններ (sexual assault) · fi pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon (sexual assault) · ru сексуальное насилие (sexual assault) · szy midebun (sexual assault) · uk cексуальний напад (sexual assault) · ar اِعْتِدَاء جِنْسِيّ (sexual assault) · sk sexuálne násilie (sexual assault) · bg сексуален тормоз (sexual assault) · sv sexuellt övergrepp (sexual assault) · fi seksuaalinen kajoaminen (sexual assault) · sh seksualno napastvovanje (sexual assault) · ast agresión sexual (sexual assault) · is kynferðisleg misnotkun (sexual assault) · cmn 性侵 (sexual assault) · ca agressió sexual (sexual assault) · fr agression sexuelle (sexual assault) · nl aanranding (sexual assault) · ur جنسی حملہ (sexual assault) · is kynferðislegt ofbeldi (sexual assault) · bn যৌন নিপীড়ন (sexual assault) · ja 性的暴行 (sexual assault) · be палавыя злачынствы (sexual assault) · ro agresiune sexuală (sexual assault) · mr लैंगिक अत्याचार (sexual assault) · eu sexu eraso (sexual assault) · uz jinsiy jinoyatlar (sexual assault) · el σεξουαλική επίθεση (sexual assault) · hu szexuális erőszak (sexual assault) · sh seksualni napad (sexual assault) · pt agressão sexual (sexual assault) · es agresión sexual (sexual assault) · sh seksualno nasilje (sexual assault) · cmn 性侵犯 (sexual assault) · th การล่วงละเมิดทางเพศ (sexual assault)