Meanings
plural statutory rapes
- countableuncountablelawAn 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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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.)
1999, Raneta Lawson Mack, A Layperson's Guide to Criminal Law, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 72
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُجَامَعَة قَاصِر
- مُجَامَعَة قَاصِرintercourse with a minor
Bulgarian блудство
- блудство (bludstvo)intercourse with a minor
Chinese Mandarin 法定強姦 /法定强奸
- 法定強姦 /法定强奸 (fǎdìng qiángjiān)intercourse with a minor
Dutch sex met minderjarige
- sex met minderjarigeintercourse with a minor
Finnish lapsenraiskaus, törkeä lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttö
- lapsenraiskausintercourse with a minor
- törkeä lapsen seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttöintercourse with a minor
- törkeä seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttöintercourse with a minor
French délit d'atteinte sexuelle sur mineurs
- délit d'atteinte sexuelle sur mineursintercourse with a minor
Greek αποπλάνηση ανηλίκου
- αποπλάνηση ανηλίκου (apoplánisi anilíkou)intercourse with a minor
Hungarian fiatalkorú sérelmére elkövetett nemi erőszak
- fiatalkorú sérelmére elkövetett nemi erőszakintercourse with a minor
Polish gwałt w sensie prawnym
- gwałt w sensie prawnymintercourse with a minor
Portuguese estupro presumido
- estupro presumidointercourse with a minor
Spanish estupro
- estuprointercourse with a minor
Swedish samlag med minderårig
- samlag med minderårigintercourse with a minor
Cite this entry
statutory rape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statutory%20rape
“statutory rape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statutory%20rape. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statutory rape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statutory%20rape.
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