gang rape

noun

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

Examples of gang rape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Most infamous of all these cases was a 2012 a gang rape of a physiotherapy student on a bus, which was condemned around the world. Anna Gordon, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gang rape 

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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 5 Nov. 2024.

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