sexual assault

as in violation
the act of forcing a person to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse convicted of sexual assault of a minor

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Noun
  • TikTok is awaiting a final ruling from the Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments regarding the ban’s potential violation of the First Amendment on Jan. 10.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Use regular audits, whistleblower protections and incident tracking systems to address violations.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • Before embarking on a political career, Starmer served as the U.K.’s director of public prosecutions, running the Crown Prosecution Service during the country’s child rape gangs scandal.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Judge Killefer drew a parallel to tactics used by Bill Cosby’s lawyers in his 2017 legal dispute with Janice Dickinson, who accused the comedian of rape.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.
    Reuters, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
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“Sexual assault.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sexual%20assault. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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