| sex crime | | |
| n. (act) | 1. sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, 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" |
| ~ molestation | the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children). |
| ~ ravishment, rape, assault, violation | the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will. |
| ~ regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense | crimes created by statutes and not by common law. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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