| sex crime n. A crime, such as rape, molestation, or sexual abuse, involving illegal or coerced sexual activity. sex criminal n. |
| sex crime | |
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| 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" [syn: sexual assault] |