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.
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Examples for "sexual assault "
1 He said the maximum sentence for sexual assault was five years imprisonment.
2 The abuse includes physical and sexual assault , as well as emotional abuse.
3 Police assured survivors of sexual assault they would treat reports extremely seriously.
4 Unfortunately, every day seems to bring another horrendous story of sexual assault .
5 A male Grassy Park police officer was recently arrested for sexual assault .
1 Mr Justice Hanna said this was an appalling case of sexual abuse .
2 Warning: This story discusses graphic details of sexual abuse and physical abuse.
3 By the early 2000s, Church sexual abuse was a major global story.
4 Francis also met victims of sexual abuse by priests in the country.
5 In previous lawsuits O'Brien was accused of sexual abuse by several children.
1 Also, Mr. Mortimer was interested in Sinatra's arrest on a sex offense .
2 The sheets with sex offense arrests are marked by a red grease pencil.
3 Landsman had checked the sex offense unit for any recent reports in the Reservoir Hill area.
4 Of particular interest to Pellegrini are the half dozen males who show priors for at least one sex offense .
5 The car belongs to Cortez's husband, who is being held in the Baltimore County jail on sex offense charges.
1 Why should somebody who is accused of a sex crime receive anonymity?
2 Human rights barrister John Cooper added: Anonymity for sex crime victims is unworkable.
3 I was a victim of a sex crime 12 years ago.
4 I have not committed another sex crime in the nine years since my conviction.
5 And he had an arrest record involving a sex crime .
6 The Australian former computer hacker is wanted for questioning in Sweden over sex crime allegations.
7 The law doesn't classify the offence as a sex crime , so victims are not given anonymity.
8 For seven years, the specter of sex crime accusations have loomed over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
9 It all started with a brutal sex crime at one of the country's most prestigious institutions.
10 That's not some sex crime of opportunity.
11 But I got to thinking, what if this guy had never been caught for a sex crime .
12 The Government has announced it will bring in significant changes to the way sex crime cases are heard.
13 A Malaysian defence attache, accused of a sex crime is expected to return to New Zealand this weekend.
14 The verdict is a sharp contrast to the original charges of a racially motivated sex crime Keller faced.
15 Maybe if Sam had been convicted of a sex crime , the margin of victory would have been wider.
16 Its controversial founder, Julian Assange, faces extradition from Britain to Sweden on sex crime allegations, which he denies.
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