sexual assault

sexual assault
    n 1: 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; "most states have replaced
         the common law definition of rape with statutes defining
         sexual assault" [syn: {sexual assault}, {sexual abuse},
         {sex crime}, {sex offense}]
    

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "sexual assault":
      abuse, betrayal, criminal assault, debauchment, defilement,
      defloration, deflowering, deflowerment, despoilment, devirgination,
      priapism, rape, ravage, ravishment, seducement, seduction,
      sexual possession, taking, violation