marital rape

[ mar-i-tl reyp ]

noun
  1. sexual assault perpetrated by someone who is the spouse or long-term domestic partner of the person they assault.: Compare partner rape, stranger rape.

Origin of marital rape

1
First recorded in 1895–1900
  • Also called spous·al rape [spou-zuhl reyp] /ˈspaʊ zəl ˌreɪp/ .

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