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Definition of Sexual Abuse in English :

Sexual Abuse

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Noun

1. sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault

a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat

Example Sentences:
'most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sexual Abuse

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noun

if a child or other person suffers sexual abuse, someone forces them to take part in sexual activity with them, often regularly over a period of time

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Sexual Abuse

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n.

Criminal sexual activity, especially that involving a victim below the age of sexual consent or incapable of sexual consent.

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