indecent assault

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noun
  1. a sexual offense, other than rape, committed by one person against another.

Origin of indecent assault

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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How to use indecent assault in a sentence

  • He is given to tampering with little girls, and has on four occasions committed indecent assault of a more or less serious nature.

    Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders | W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews and J. Beck
  • They profane our civilization, and are an indecent assault upon common sense.

    The Dance of Death | (AKA William Herman) Ambrose Bierce

British Dictionary definitions for indecent assault

indecent assault

noun
  1. the act of taking indecent liberties with a person without his or her consent

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