sexual abuse

Noun sexual abuse has 1 sense

• sexual abuse(n = noun.act) sex crime, sex offense, sexual assault - 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"
has particulars: molestation, assault, rape, ravishment, violation
is a kind of regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense