as in violation
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse
Yeats' poem about the ravishment of Leda by Zeus in the guise of a swan
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The post was an apparent violation of Major League Baseball’s social media policy, which prohibits the use of electronic devices during games.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025 -
Civil rights advocates and others have described Trump’s moves as alarming violations of civil rights, including the right to due process.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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An Alabama man convicted of a 2010 rape and murder on Thursday with a three-drug injection.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Dana Martin, then an inmate at a prison in Las Cruces, N.M., was already serving two life sentences for the 2000 rape and murder of 15-year-old DeAndra Florucci.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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“Ravishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravishment. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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