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statutory rape

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Noun

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Singular
statutory rape

Plural
statutory rapes

  1. (countable) A statutory rape means an illegal sexual act against a minor, or against a mentally disabled adult.
    In France it is statutory rape for an adult to have sex with a person younger than 15 years old.
    Statutory rape laws protect adults of low intelligence as well as children.