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The phrase "a rape of" is correct and usable in written English, though it is a sensitive and potentially offensive expression.
It can be used in contexts discussing violation, exploitation, or severe injustice, often metaphorically rather than literally.
Example: "The documentary highlighted the environmental degradation as a rape of the natural world."
Alternatives: "an assault on" or "a violation of".
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A rape of a cleaning lady over there".
"What had happened there was really a rape of their country, and my job was to document that".
That specific scene did not appear in George RR Martin's books, although there was a rape of a different character.
Before Kim Novak made headlines by denouncing "The Artist" as a "rape" of Herrmann and Hitchcock, references to "Vertigo" were relatively infrequent in press coverage of "The Artist".
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Police received a report of a rape of a woman at a city centre hotel in Newcastle in the early hours.
Donald Trump intends to withdraw America from the TPP, which he has characterised as a job-killing "disaster" and a "rape of our country".
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And is their use also a "raping" of our vocabulary?
Mr. Cole was convicted of a 1985 rape of a Texas Tech University student in Lubbock.
Another man told the BBC about a gang rape of a woman in his neighbourhood.
This was in connection with an alleged rape of a woman in 1967 at a flat in London.
Many times, troops and ruffians raped black women while forcing white women to watch, a horrifying experience for all, and a proxy rape of white women.
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