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  • adjective Not consensual; done without consent

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non- +‎ consensual

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Examples

  • The legal argument that accused soldiers were unaware that they were engaging in nonconsensual sex was certainly self-serving, and Army judicial officials deplored the idea that a soldier on entering a strange house with rifle in hand might believe he had "accomplished a seduction."

    Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008

  • What’s more insidious; the open, consensual, temporary arrangement between my wife and I in a scene; or the long-term nonconsensual power struggles that go on among people in the workplace?

    Bondage and Patriarchy 2006

  • Once Upon a Secret My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and its Aftermath, Alford described her first sexual encounter with the president writing that, "I wouldn't describe what happened that night as making love, but I wouldn't call it nonconsensual either."

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2012

  • However, because each state has different definitions of "nonconsensual," please contact your local center or local police if you have questions about this.

    unknown title 2009

  • However, because each state has different definitions of "nonconsensual," please contact your local center or local police if you have questions about this.

    unknown title 2009

  • However, because each state has different definitions of "nonconsensual," please contact your local center or local police if you have questions about this.

    chicagotribune.com - 2009

  • "I wouldn't describe what happened that night as making love, but I wouldn't call it nonconsensual either," she said, adding that she was "overpowered in the sense that he was the president ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post 2012

  • "I wouldn't describe what happened that night as making love, but I wouldn't call it nonconsensual either," she said, adding that she was "overpowered in the sense that he was the president ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • I would argue that self defense against nonconsensual violence coming from another person deserves legislative and judicial scrutiny at least as strict as that for condom usage.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment 2010

  • All servicemen and women are bound by military law, which prohibits all unwanted or nonconsensual sexual activity.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Closer and closer 2010

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