Synonyms for sexual abuse
sex·u·al abuse

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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 assault, sex crime

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1. • Law
   • Statutory Offense

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1. Antony Blinken:

   The Chinese government has detained more than one million people in as many as 1200 state-run internment camps throughout Xinjiang, many detainees are subjected to physical violence, sexual abuse, and torture to induce them to work producing apparel, electronics, solar equipment, agricultural products.

2. Jordan Greenbaum:

   People tend to downplay the mental health repercussions of sexual abuse, especially online abuse, research is showing, and there's just a little research so far, that the online component of sexual abuse can be particularly distressing...It really takes a toll, and parents and the public may not recognize that in younger kids.

3. Laura Adams:

   This window of opportunity is the biggest gift I can even imagine, for me it's about making the conversation around child sexual abuse no longer a taboo subject.

4. Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston:

   It would be perilous for us, as leaders of the Church, to consider that the scandal of clergy sexual abuse is for the most part a matter of history and not a pressing concern here and now, its not a pleasant topic. It's easier just to ignore it and hope it will go away (but) when we are defensive and secretive, the results are disastrous.

5. Gloria Allred:

   In reference to the issue raised by the defense in their joint letter report to the court today of their plan to challenge the constitutionality of what we call the ‘ lookback ’ provision in California, that is a major issue, they say they plan to challenge the constitutionality of the new law. If the new law was decided by a court – and ultimately that will have to be a decision most likely all the way up to the Supreme Court of California – to be unconstitutional, that is going to inflict significant harm potentially on many victims of child sexual abuse in California.