DATE RAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does date rape mean? 

• DATE RAPE (noun)
  The noun DATE RAPE has 1 sense:

1. rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)

  Familiarity information: DATE RAPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DATE RAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("date rape" is a kind of...):

assault; rape; ravishment; violation (the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will)

 Context examples 

Club drugs are also sometimes used as "date rape" drugs, to make someone unable to say no to or fight back against sexual assault.

(Club Drugs, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)