The phrase "amounted to rape" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions or analyses regarding sexual violence, legal matters, or personal accounts where the severity of an act is being evaluated.
Example: "The evidence presented in court suggested that the actions of the accused amounted to rape, leading to a serious legal consequence."
Alternatives: "constituted rape" or "was equivalent to rape."
Two months ago, however, he defected, after being asked to help execute people he knew – and being appalled by invitations to join in what amounted to rape of captured Yazidi women.
Parents don't plan for their children to be victims of incest," said state Rep. Chris Turner, a Democrat, adding that the bill amounted to "rape insurance".
Yet America as a whole typically does the same thing when it comes to the trafficking of teenage girls by pimps, which amounts to rape many times a day.
It is not for us to decide whether or not the allegations are true and whether what happened amounts to rape or sexual violence – we don't have all the facts and what has been said so far has not been tested.
In the absence of specific legislation, a range of offensive behaviours such as child sexual assault (not amounting to rape), harassment, and exploitation for pornography were never legally sanctioned.
He said that the assault occurred when he went to Archbishop Weakland for advice on entering the priesthood and that the archbishop committed what amounted to "date rape" after dinner in the archbishop's apartment.
His accuser, Paul Marcoux, 54, said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" that 20 years ago he had gone to Archbishop Weakland for advice on entering the priesthood, and that the archbishop committed what amounted to "date rape" after dinner in the archbishop's apartment.
How could a court prove that that amounted to molestation or rape?
For instance, the phenomenon of "bacha bazi," or dancing boys, horrified American personnel, but the New York Times reported how the latter were ordered to ignore what amounted to Afghan security personnel raping children.
But even if you don't think it amounts to outright rape, it's certainly the political equivalent of abuse.
In this interpretation, he's not even a good husband, forcing himself on Lady Macbeth in what amounts to marital rape.
