- 1[uncountable, countable] the crime of forcing someone to have sex with you, especially using violence He was charged with rape. a rape victim an increase in the number of reported rapes see date rape, rapist
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- 2[singular] rape (of something) (literary) the act of destroying or spoiling an area in a way that seems unnecessary
- 3[uncountable] a plant with bright yellow flowers, grown as food for farm animals and for its seeds that are used to make oil a field of rape refined rape oil
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