gang rape

noun

: rape of one person by several attackers in succession
gang-rape transitive verb

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The #MeToo movement has also taken off in India, a country still reeling from the horrific gang rape and murder of a young woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012. Pardis Mahdavi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2018 For the 26-year-old Australian nurse, the barbaric beating and gang rape on the night of Feb. 2, 1986, that left her dead in a rural field with her throat slashed was the stuff of nightmares. Kc Baker, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024 The suits accuse Combs of drugging and raping women in the 1990s and of participating in the gang rape of a 17-year-old in 2003. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 In 2012, the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus galvanized massive protests across India. Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gang rape 

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gang rape was in 1875

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“Gang rape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gang%20rape. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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