rape
    n 1: Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
         [syn: rape, colza, Brassica napus]
    2: the act of despoiling a country in warfare [syn: rape,
       rapine]
    3: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
       against her will [syn: rape, violation, assault,
       ravishment]
    v 1: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
         was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, ravish,
         violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]
    2: destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the
       beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil,
       violate, plunder]

Rape \Rape\ (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.]
   1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.
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   2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which
      the must has been expressed in wine making.
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   3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying
      and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.
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   Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of
      pressed grapes.
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Rape \Rape\, v. i.
   To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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Rape \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel.
   hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]
   One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England,
   intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
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Rape \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. "ra`pys, "ra`fys,
   G. r["u]be.] (Bot.)
   A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
   turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used
   for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for
   the food of cage birds.
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   Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
         variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
         from the Brassica campestris of Europe, which by some
         is not considered distinct from the wild stock
         (Brassica oleracea) of the cabbage. See Cole.
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   Broom rape. (Bot.) See Broom rape, in the Vocabulary.

   Rape cake, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
      expressed from the rape seed.

   Rape root. Same as Rape.

   Summer rape. (Bot.) See Colza.
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Rape \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L.
   rapere. See Rap to snatch.]
   1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent
      seizure; robbery.
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            And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain. --Sandys.
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   2. (Law) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent.
      See Age of consent, under Consent, n.
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   3. That which is snatched away. [Obs.]
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            Where now are all my hopes? O, never more
            Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore.
                                                  --Sandys.
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   4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. [Obs.]
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   5. (Fig., Colloq.) An action causing results harmful to a
      person or thing; as, the rape of the land by mining
      companies.
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Rape \Rape\, v. t.
   1. To commit rape upon; to ravish.
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   2. (Fig., Colloq.) To perform an action causing results
      harmful or very unpleasant to a person or thing; as, women
      raped first by their assailants, and then by the Justice
      system. Corresponds to 2nd rape, n. 5.
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   To rape and ren. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
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Cole \Cole\ (k[=o]l), n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L.
   caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk,
   cabbage, akin to Gr. kaylo`s. Cf. Cauliflower, Kale.]
   (Bot.)
   A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of
   Brassica oleracea called rape and coleseed.
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rape
 vt.

    1. To screw someone or something, violently; in particular, to destroy a
    program or information irrecoverably. Often used in describing file-system
    damage. ?So-and-so was running a program that did absolute disk I/O and
    ended up raping the master directory.?

    2. To strip a piece of hardware for parts.

    3. [CMU/Pitt] To mass-copy files from an anonymous ftp site. ?Last night I
    raped Simtel's dskutl directory.?

RAPE, division of a country. In the English law, this is a district similar 
to that of a hundred; but oftentimes containing in it more hundreds than 
one. 

RAPE, crim. law. The carnal knowledge of a woman by a man forcibly and 
unlawfully against her will. In order to ascertain precisely the nature of 
this offence, this definition will be analysed. 
     2. Much difficulty has arisen in defining the meaning of carnal 
knowledge, and different opinions have been entertained some judges having 
supposed that penetration alone is sufficient, while other's deemed emission 
as an essential ingredient in the crime. Hawk. b. 1, c. 41, s. 3; 12 Co. 37; 
1 Hale, P. C. 628; 2 Chit. Cr. L. 810. But in modern times the better 
opinion seems to be that both penetration and emission are necessary. 1 
East, P. C. 439; 2 Leach, 854. It is, however, to be remarked, that very 
slight evidence may be sufficient to induce a jury to believe there was 
emission. Addis. R. 143; 2 So. Car. C. R. 351; 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 140. 4 
Chit. Bl. Com. 213, note 8. In Scotland, emission is not requisite. Allis. 
Prin. 209, 210. See Emission; Penetration. 
     3. By the term man in this definition is meant a male of the human 
species, of the age of fourteen years and upwards; for an infant, under 
fourteen years, is supposed by law incapable of committing this offence. 1 
Hale, P. C. 631; 8 C. & P. 738. But not only can an infant under fourteen 
years, if of sufficient mischievous discretion, but even a woman may be 
guilty as principals in the second degree. And the husband of a woman may be 
a principal in the second degree of a rape committed upon his wife, as where 
he held her while his servant committed the rape. 1 Harg St. Tr. 388. 
     4. The knowledge of the woman's person must be forcibly and against her 

will; and if her consent has not been voluntarily and freely given, (when 
she has the power to consent,) the offence will be complete, nor will any 
subsequent acquiescence on her part do away the guilt of the ravisher. A 
consent obtained from a woman by actual violence, by duress or threats of 
murder, or by the administration of stupefying drugs, is not such a consent 
as will shield the offender, nor turn his crime into adultery or 
fornication. 
     5. The matrimonial consent of the wife cannot be retracted, and, 
therefore, her husband cannot be guilty of a rape on her as his act is not 
unlawful. But, as already observed, he may be guilty as principal in the 
second degree. 
     6. As a child under ten years of age is incapable in law to give her 
consent, it follows, that the offence may be committed on such a child 
whether she consent or not. See Stat. 18 Eliz, c. 7, s. 4. See, as to the 
possibility of committing a rape, and as to the signs which indicate it, 1 
Beck's Med. Jur. ch. 12; Merlin, Rep. mot Viol.; 1 Briand, Med. Leg. 1ere 
partic, c. 1, p. 66; Biessy, Manuel Medico-Legal, &c. p. 149; Parent 
Duchatellet, De la Prostitution dans la ville de Paris, c. 3, Sec. 5 Barr. 
on the Stat. 123; 9 Car. & P. 752 2 Pick. 380; 12 S. & R. 69; 7 Conn. 54 
Const. R. 354; 2 Vir. Cas. 235.