# raping

Pronunciation: US say "RAY-ping" /ˈɹeɪpɪŋ/; AUS say "RAYP-ing" /ˈɹeɪpɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of rape. — present participle and gerund of rape
   - Simple: The -ing form of rape. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _Members of the militia were prosecuted for raping civilians during the war._
   - _Raping prisoners is forbidden under international humanitarian law._

## Noun

2. The act or crime of forcing sexual intercourse on a person against their will.
   - Simple: The crime of forcing sex on a person who does not agree to it.
   - _The tribunal documented the systematic raping of the town's inhabitants._
   - _Survivors testified to months of raping in the detention camps._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/raping (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).