Meanings
plural rapees
- A victim of rape.
Nightmares, depression, pathological shyness, inability to leave the house, terror of darkness, all have been known to develop in otherwise healthy women who have been raped. Malinowski was writing from the point of view of the rapee.
1986, Germaine Greer, The madwoman's underclothes: essays and occasional writings 1968-852 more examples
Crime rates are reported on the basis of reported crimes; however, it was estimated that about 80% of rapes go unreported because the rapee usually wishes to avoid the humiliation of having to describe the event in detail to the police […]
1983, Medical Correctional Association, Corrective and social psychiatry, volume 29The web of social and sexual interactions between military and civil populations is dense and intricate, and HIV travels rapidly through its connecting threads: to wives, girlfriends, sexual partners, and rapees, and from them to the soldiers.
1998, Jonathan Moore, Hard Choices: Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention, page 274
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Arabic مُغْتَصَب, مُغْتَصَبَة
- مُغْتَصَب (muḡtaṣab)victim of rape
- مُغْتَصَبَة (muḡtaṣaba)victim of rape
Bulgarian изнасилен, изнасилена
- изнасилен (iznasilen)victim of rape
- изнасилена (iznasilena)victim of rape
Polish ofiara gwałtu
- ofiara gwałtuvictim of rape
Swedish våldtäktsoffer
- våldtäktsoffervictim of rape
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