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rapey | rapee |

As an adjective rapey

is (informal) inclined to commit rape (sexual assault).

As a noun rapee is

a victim of rape.

rapey

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (informal) Inclined to commit rape (sexual assault).
  • (informal) Featuring or characterized by rape.
  • a rapey novel
  • (informal) Suggestive of rape.
  • This song is pretty rapey if you think about the lyrics.

    rapee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A victim of rape.
  • * 1983 , Medical Correctional Association, Corrective and social psychiatry (volume 29)
  • Crime rates are reported on the basis of reported crimes; however, it was estimated that about 80% of rapes go unreported because the rapee usually wishes to avoid the humiliation of having to describe the event in detail to the police
  • * 1986 , Germaine Greer, The madwoman's underclothes: essays and occasional writings 1968-85
  • Nightmares, depression, pathological shyness, inability to leave the house, terror of darkness, all have been known to develop in otherwise healthy women who have been raped. Malinowski was writing from the point of view of the rapee .