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rape

[reyp] / reɪp /


VERB
to assault sexually
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The Tate brothers, a pair of American-British social-media influencers facing rape charges in the U.K. and Romania, toured Moscow, with Andrew Tate wearing sunglasses and a leather coat as he strolled toward Red Square.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The city sprawl quickly gave way to stone-walled fields full of dazzling yellow rape and spring-green grass dotted with sheep and frolicking lambs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Andrew Tate, a popular influencer is facing rape and trafficking charges in the United Kingdom and Romania, claims to have converted to Islam in 2022.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Following a "thorough investigation", Surrey Police believes the woman who made the report of rape "sustained an accidental head injury" following a night out and made "a confused report".

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

This was the same year in which William Blake evoked England’s 'dark, Satanic mills* in his poem ‘Jerusalem’, but Beethoven's easy-listening Pastoral is not about the industrial rape of the countryside.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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