verb
    
    rapes; raped; raping
    
    [+ obj] :to force (someone) to have sex with you by using violence or the threat of violence
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural rapes
    
    the crime of forcing someone to have sex with you by using violence or the threat of violence [noncount]
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] literary :the act of ruining or destroying something - usually + of
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    [noncount] :a plant that is grown as food for farm animals and as a source of oil