Noun rape has 3 senses
  1. rape, colza, Brassica napus - Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
    --1 is a kind of mustard
    --1 is a member of Brassica, genus Brassica
    --1 has substances: rapeseed
  2. rape, rapine - the act of despoiling a country in warfare
    --2 is a kind of plundering, pillage, pillaging
    Derived form: verb rape2
  3. rape, violation, assault, ravishment - the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
    --3 is a kind of sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense
    --3 has particulars: date rape; statutory rape, carnal abuse
    Derived form: verb rape1
,Verb rape has 2 senses
  1. rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage - force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
    --1 is one way to assail, assault, set on, attack
    Derived forms: noun rape3, noun raper1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to rape the prisoners
  2. rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
    --2 is one way to destroy, ruin
    Derived form: noun rape2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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