Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

statutory rape

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: statu-to-ry rape
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Historically, statutory rape laws were enacted to protect the chastity and morality of young women. These statutes made it a crime for a man to have sexual intercourse with a young woman under a certain age (usually eighteen), even if the young woman consented to the act. (Today of, course, statuory rape provisions protect minors of both genders.)"

Usage

Inflected Forms

statutory rapes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

rape jailbait molest

Synonyms

carnal abuse

Questions

What does statutory rape mean?: An illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability.

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