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sexual abuse

[ sek-shoo-uhl uh-byoos ]

noun

  1. nonconsensual touching of a person for one’s own sexual gratification or for the sexual gratification of someone else, especially when the nonconsenting party is a child:

    When children experience sexual abuse, it is rarely a stranger perpetrating the crime, but more commonly an authority figure or other adult they know.



sexual abuse

  1. Unwanted sexual activity forced on a person by another through coercion or threats.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sexual abuse1

First recorded in 1875–80 in the sense “masturbation”
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They collected medical records, texts, emails, and internal documents from employers, all showing a pattern of alleged sexual abuse that is often frightening in its violence.

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Combs is also facing several lawsuits from alleged victims who accuse him of sexual abuse when they were minors.

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She said the county has worked in recent years to crack down on sexual abuse of minors.

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Prosecutors during the trials argued the murders were motivated by a multimillion-dollar inheritance, while the defense argued it was a form of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father.

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Judge Mrs Justice Tipples ruled that Gadd had subjected the claimant "to sexual abuse of the most serious kind".

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