How to Use gang rape in a Sentence

gang rape

noun
  • Among them, survivors of gang rape and residents of a large displacement camp in the middle of the capital.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • At least six other incidents of people directly witnessing rapes and gang rapes are outlined in the report, with all of the witnesses describing victims being shot dead.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
  • Described by police as a gang rape, the case has added fuel to outrage in a nation where reports of violence against women have surged in recent months, sparking nationwide protests and a flurry of digital activism.
    — Eléonore Hughes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Apparently, their definition of resistance is to gang rape as many women and men of all ages as possible before torturing, mutilating and murdering them.
    — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2026
  • Reading out the verdict, Korner recounted the horrific crimes committed by Abd–Al-Rahman, including gang rapes, abuse, and mass killings.
    — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The International Criminal Court is investigating mass killings, gang rapes and other crimes during the conflict as potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The war has been marked by atrocities including mass killings, gang rape and other crimes, which are being investigated by the International Criminal Court as potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The war has been marked by atrocities including mass killings, gang rape and other crimes, that have been being investigated by the International Criminal Court as potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The evidence The terms wilding and wolf pack would become headline fodder as the city and nation tried to come to terms with what was depicted as a gang rape in which one Hispanic and four Black teenagers took turns assaulting Meili, crushed her skull, and left her bleeding out in the park.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Echoes of Pelicot The case has prompted comparisons with France’s gang rape case involving Dominique Pelicot, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison last year for drugging, raping and inviting strangers to rape his then-wife, Gisele Pelicot.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The first tells the story of the Nirim affair—the real-life gang rape and murder of a teenage Arab Bedouin-Palestinian girl by Israeli soldiers in 1949—from the perspective of the Israeli platoon’s coldly sadistic commander.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 May 2020

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