you rang? there are 6 nouns, 3 verbs and an adjective, all homonyms of rape. but who's counting? our rape and rapine are cognates of the L. rapere, but who cares? let the muses have their way with us:
The act of taking anything by force; violent seizure (of goods), robbery.
When Kings their Crowns without Consent obtain, 'Tis all a mighty Rape, and not a Reign. [De Foe]
The Rape of the Lock, by Pope
The act of carrying away a person, esp. a woman, by force.
Rape call you it... to cease [seize] my owne, My true betrothed Love. [WS]
We need not refer to the rape of the Sabines. [Scott, Rob Roy]
Violation or ravishing of a woman. Also, in mod. usage, sexual assault upon a man.
This... treates of Tereus treason and his rape, And rape I feare was roote of thine annoy. [WS]
transf. and fig.
Thou hast... done a rape Upon the maiden vertue of the Crowne. [WS]
-joe (a rape is a turnip) friday
