sexual abuse

1. 性虐待
   If a child or other person suffers sexual abuse, someone forces them to take part in sexual activity with them, often regularly over a period of time.

noun

1. 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
   1. most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault

   Synonym:    sexual assaultsex crimesex offense