1. [n]  the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
2. [n]  the act of despoiling a country in warfare
3. [n]  Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
4. [v]  destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
5. [v]  assault sexually; force to have sex

Rape
Teena Maguire is raped and beaten, an event witnessed by her teenaged daughter. The crime and its aftermath form the basis of this short novel, whose characters include Teena`s lover, the policeman who is attracted to her, Teena`s lawyers, and the attackers themselves and their families.

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1. \Rape\ (r[=a]p), n. [F. r[^a]pe a grape stalk.]
   1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. --Ray.
   2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which
      the must has been expressed in wine making.
   3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying
      and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.
   {Rape wine}, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of
      pressed grapes.
   

2. \Rape\, n. [Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L.
   rapere. See {Rap} to snatch.]
   1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent
      seizure; robbery.
      And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain.   --Sandys.
   2. (Law) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent.
      See {Age of consent}, under {Consent}, n.
   3. That which is snatched away. [Obs.]
            Where now are all my hopes? O, never more. Shall
            they revive! nor death her rapes restore. --Sandys.
   4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. [Obs.]
   

3. \Rape\, v. t.
   To commit rape upon; to ravish.
   {To rape and ren}. See under {Rap}, v. t., to snatch.
   

4. \Rape\, v. i.
   To rob; to pillage. [Obs.] --Heywood.
   

5. \Rape\, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel.
   hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.]
   One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England,
   intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
   

6. \Rape\, n. [L. rapa, rapum, akin to Gr. ?, ?, G. r["u]be.]
   (Bot.)
   A name given to a variety or to varieties of a plant of the
   turnip kind, grown for seeds and herbage. The seeds are used
   for the production of rape oil, and to a limited extent for
   the food of cage birds.
   Note: These plants, with the edible turnip, have been
         variously named, but are all now believed to be derived
         from the {Brassica campestris} of Europe, which by some
         is not considered distinct from the wild stock ({B.
         oleracea}) of the cabbage. See {Cole}.
   {Broom rape}. (Bot.) See {Broom rape}, in the Vocabulary.
   {Rape cake}, the refuse remaining after the oil has been
      expressed from the seed.
   {Rape root}. Same as {Rape}.
   {Summer rape}. (Bot.) See {Colza}.