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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Criminal sexual activity, especially that involving a victim below the age of sexual consent or incapable of sexual consent.

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  • noun Any sexual activity that is undesired by one participant but forced by another participant nonetheless.

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  • noun a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat

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