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date rape

noun

: the crime of forcing someone you know to have sex with you especially while on a date

Full Definition of DATE RAPE

:  rape committed by the victim's date; broadly :  acquaintance rape
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First Known Use of DATE RAPE

1975

Rhymes with DATE RAPE

broomrape, cloudscape, escape, fox grape, gang rape, great ape, landscape, man ape, moonscape, North Cape, red tape, reshape, sea grape, seascape, shipshape, snowscape, streetscape, take shape, townscape, transshape, undrape, waveshape
Medical Dictionary

date rape

noun \ˈdāt-\

Medical Definition of DATE RAPE

:  rape committed by the victim's date; broadly :  acquaintance rape

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3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. date rape
  2. date rape drug
  3. date-rape
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