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 Wilder already had been convicted as a juvenile for his part in a gang rape seven years earlier. Holly Baltz, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024 The violence these refugees are fleeing has been documented in gut-wrenching detail by human rights groups: gang rapes of women, mass executions of men, and forced recruitment of young boys to serve as porters, guides, and child soldiers. Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023 And then the Delhi 2012 gang rape and murder that shook the world happened. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 May 2024 To Kill a Tiger (TVO, Knowledge Network) Ranjit, a farmer in India, demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gang rape 

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Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

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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 4 Jul. 2024.

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