Assault and Despoil

Assault

Assault verb - To engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent.

Despoil and assault are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Despoil" instead a verb "Assault".

Nearby Words: assaulted, assaulting, assaulter

Despoil

Despoil verb - To search through with the intent of committing robbery.

Assault and despoil are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assault" instead a verb "Despoil".

Nearby Words: despoiling, despoilment

Common collocations

corpse assault corpse despoil corpse
planet assault planet despoil planet
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