Synonyms for sexual assault
sex·ual as·sault

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1. sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offensenoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   sex offense, sexual abuse, sex crime

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1. • Law
   • Statutory Offense

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1. An Education:

   The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) strives to ensure the Civil Rights Data Collection(CRDC) data are an accurate and comprehensive depiction of student access to educational opportunities in school districts, for the 2021-22 CRDC, OCR will continue to collect data on the number of documented incidents of offenses committed by school staff, including rape or attempted rape, and sexual assault.These are data the CRDC has collected since 2015-16.We propose retiring data on the number of allegations made against school staff to reduce burden and duplication of data.This is a proposal and OCR welcomes feedbackon this proposal from the public during the 60-day comment period.

2. Justin White:

   We are investigating an alleged sexual assault, not their immigration status.

3. Kirsten Gillibrand:

   We know far more now about the extent of the military sexual assault problem than we did a year ago, and it's clear that nothing has changed.

4. Rolling Stone:

   We were trying to be sensitive to the unfair shame and humiliation many women feel after a sexual assault and now regret the decision to not contact the alleged assaulters to get their account. We are taking this seriously and apologize to anyone who was affected by the story.

5. Blanca Blanco:

   I support the Me Too movement 100 percent because I believe sexual assault and harassment is totally unacceptable behavior, every behavior is connected with consequences and people should be aware that their negative actions will be paired with negative consequences. Empowering each other will only give us even more awareness of how powerful we are.