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rapist

UK/ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/US/ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,701 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: rapists

A rapist is somebody who forces another into sex. A convicted rapist, hunt for the rapist, a serial rapist.

Most are known to the person they attack rather than strangers, which is the opposite of the picture people carry, and it is part of why so few cases are reported. Conviction rates are low almost everywhere and are the subject of continuing reform.

Definitions of rapist

  1. 1nounrapistSomebody who forces another into sex.B2+

    “The rapist was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.”

rapist is a criminal.

Where it comes from

  1. Middle English

    rappen

  2. English

    rape

  3. English, today

    rapist

Built from

  • rappen · Middle English — to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport

From rape + -ist. rape comes from Middle English rappen. From Middle English rapen, rappen (“to abduct; ravish; seduce; rape; seize; snatch; carry off; transport”), probably from Latin rapiō (verb), possibly through or influenced by Anglo-Norman - rap, rape (noun) (compare also ravish). But compare Swedish rappa (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), Low German rapen (“to snatch, seize”), Dutch rapen (“to pick up, gather, collect”); the relationship with Germanic forms is not clear. Cognate with Lithuanian reikėti (“to be in need”). Compare also rap (“seize, snatch”). Further, some senses may be from rape, an Old Norse word.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

rapist in the wild

  • Paul Kenneth Bernardo, also known as Paul Jason Teale, is a Canadian serial rapist and serial killer dubbed the Scarborough Rapist and Schoolgirl Killer.

    Paul Bernardo

  • A victim may face violence or threats from the rapist, and, sometimes, from the victim's family and relatives.

    Rape

  • Antoni Imiela was a German-born convicted serial rapist who grew up in County Durham, England.

    Antoni Imiela

  • Long, was an American serial killer and rapist.

    Bobby Joe Long

  • A serial rapist is someone who commits multiple rapes, whether with multiple victims or a single victim repeatedly over a period of time.

    Serial rapist

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the rappen family

raperapist

rapist — used about once every 1,054 pages · #4,701 · point at the bar for the others