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gang rape

noun

: a crime in which one woman is raped by several men one after another

Full Definition of GANG RAPE

:  rape of one person by several attackers in succession
— gang–rape transitive verb
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First Known Use of GANG RAPE

1900

Rhymes with GANG RAPE

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

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