statutory rape

1. 1.

   sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)

   Synonymscarnal abuse

   Broaderrape

Questions about statutory rape

What does statutory rape mean?

statutory rape means "sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)".

What is another word for statutory rape?

Close synonyms include carnal abuse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is statutory rape a common word?

statutory rape is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.