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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Criminal sexual activity, especially that involving a victim below the age of sexual consent or incapable of sexual consent.
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- noun Any
sexual activity that isundesired by oneparticipant butforced by another participant nonetheless.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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