statutory rape
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noun U.S. Law.
sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states.See also rape1 (def. 1).
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First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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Origin of statutory rape
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby statutory rape
statutory, statutory declaration, statutory law, statutory offense, statutory order, statutory rape, statvolt, Staubach, Staudinger, Stauffenberg, St. Augustine
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British Dictionary definitions for statutory rape
statutory rape
noun
(in the US) the criminal offence of having sexual intercourse with a girl who has not reached the age of consent
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