date-raped; date-raping; date-rapes
: to commit date rape on
date rapist
noun
: rape committed by the victim's date
broadly
: acquaintance rape
Examples of date-rape in a Sentence
Noun
He was accused of date rape.
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 23 June 2025
The detection window for common date-rape drugs is hours, making quick testing crucial, said Scott Baker.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
The new toilet-tank lid and porcelain dust in the vic’s hair make the murder weapon easy to identify, and the Rohypnol in Ryan’s suitcase points to a date rape gone wrong.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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Verb
The paper further reported that officials did not specify if the needles had been spiked by date-rape drugs like Rohypnol or GHB.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 23 June 2025
The detection window for common date-rape drugs is hours, making quick testing crucial, said Scott Baker.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 15 June 2025
Noun
Hill said the tests all came back clear, but that she wasn’t screened for GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) or other drugs that are commonly used as date rape drugs.
—Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
The new toilet-tank lid and porcelain dust in the vic’s hair make the murder weapon easy to identify, and the Rohypnol in Ryan’s suitcase points to a date rape gone wrong.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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“Date-rape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/date-rape. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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date rape
noun
: rape committed by the victim's date
broadly
: acquaintance rape
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