Phrase guide

sexual assault

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A physical attack of a sexual nature on another person or a sexual act committed without explicit consent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence

Narrower terms: molestation, rape, violation, assault, ravishment

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sulm seksual — sexual assault
  • Arabic: اِعْتِدَاء جِنْسِيّ (iʕtidāʔ jinsiyy) — sexual assault
  • Armenian: սեռական հանցագործություններ (seṙakan hancʻagorcutʻyunner) — sexual assault
  • Asturian: agresión sexual — sexual assault
  • Basque: sexu eraso — sexual assault
  • Belarusian: палавыя злачынствы (palavyja zlačynstvy) — sexual assault
  • Bengali: যৌন নিপীড়ন (jōun nipiṛon) — sexual assault
  • Bulgarian: сексуален тормоз (seksualen tormoz) — sexual assault
  • Catalan: agressió sexual — sexual assault
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性侵犯 (xìngqīnfàn) — sexual assault
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性侵 (xìngqīn) — sexual assault
  • Czech: sexuální násilí — sexual assault
  • Dutch: aanranding — sexual assault
  • Finnish: seksuaalinen kajoaminen — sexual assault
  • Finnish: pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon — sexual assault
  • French: agression sexuelle — sexual assault
  • West-Frisian: seksuele oantaasting — sexual assault
  • German: sexueller Übergriff — sexual assault
  • Greek: σεξουαλική επίθεση (sexoualikí epíthesi) — sexual assault
  • Hindi: यौन हमला (yaun hamlā) — sexual assault
  • Hungarian: szexuális erőszak — sexual assault
  • Icelandic: kynferðislegt ofbeldi — sexual assault
  • Icelandic: kynferðisleg misnotkun — sexual assault
  • Japanese: 性的暴行 — sexual assault
  • Korean: 성적 폭행 (seongjeok pokhaeng) — sexual assault
  • Marathi: लैंगिक अत्याचार (laiṅgik atyācār) — sexual assault
  • Pashto: جنسي بريد — sexual assault
  • Persian: تعرض جنسی — sexual assault
  • Portuguese: agressão sexual — sexual assault
  • Romanian: agresiune sexuală — sexual assault
  • Russian: сексуальное насилие (seksualʹnoje nasilije) — sexual assault
  • Sakizaya: midebun — sexual assault
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksualno nasilje — sexual assault
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksualno napastvovanje — sexual assault
  • Serbo-Croatian: seksualni napad — sexual assault
  • Slovak: sexuálne násilie — sexual assault
  • Spanish: agresión sexual — sexual assault
  • Swedish: sexuellt övergrepp — sexual assault
  • Thai: การล่วงละเมิดทางเพศ — sexual assault
  • Ukrainian: cексуальний напад (ceksualʹnyj napad) — sexual assault
  • Urdu: جنسی حملہ — sexual assault
  • Uzbek: jinsiy jinoyatlar — sexual assault
  • Vietnamese: tấn công tình dục — sexual assault