SEX CRIME
Dictionary entry overview: What does sex crime mean?
• SEX CRIME (noun)
The noun SEX CRIME has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: SEX CRIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SEX CRIME (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sex crime; sex offense; sexual abuse; sexual assault
Context example:
most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault
Hypernyms ("sex crime" is a kind of...):
regulatory offence; regulatory offense; statutory offence; statutory offense (crimes created by statutes and not by common law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sex crime"):
molestation (the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children))
assault; rape; ravishment; violation (the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will)
