sexual abuse

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sexual abuse - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sexual abuse
      n 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; "most states have replaced
           the common law definition of rape with statutes defining
           sexual assault" [syn: sexual assault, sexual abuse,
           sex crime, sex offense]