indecent assault

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noun

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

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Origin of indecent assault

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby indecent assault

Ind.E., indebted, indebtedness, indecency, indecent, indecent assault, indecent exposure, indeciduate, indeciduous, indecipherable, indecision

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How to use indecent assault in a sentence

Cosby was convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault and began a sentence of three to 10 years in September 2018.
Bill Cosby released from prison after sexual assault conviction is vacated by Pennsylvania Supreme Court|Sonia Rao, Paul Farhi, Manuel Roig-Franzia|June 30, 2021|Washington Post
There is the smell here of an indecent rush for scapegoats, even before we know what really caused this crash.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But damn, the music is catchy—a neo-soul aural assault of horns, electro swirls, yelps, funky basslines, and harmonized vocals.
The 14 Best Songs of 2014: Bobby Shmurda, Future Islands, Drake, and More|Marlow Stern|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’|Peter Guralnick|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
2014: Revenge of the Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Pat Malone, you are fined five dollars for assault and battery on Mike Sweeney.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The imperialists under the duke of Bourbon, took Rome by assault and plundered it.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for indecent assault

indecent assault

noun

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

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