verb
Meanings
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verb
archaic, to ravish, violate, or defile
The chronicle accused the invaders of seeking to constuprate the town's women.
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Etymology
From Latin constuprare ('to debauch, defile'), from con- (intensive) + stuprare ('to defile, ravish'), from stuprum ('disgrace, dishonor, defilement').
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