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gray rape
 n.— «Some have coined a term for what can happen when hooking up becomes sexual assault: “gray rape.” Several of the women Stepp interviewed experienced date rape in circumstances they called “the gray area.” They had been drinking or were undressed with a man, and though the girl said “no,” he didn’t stop.» —“The dark side of ‘hooking up’” by Mary Newsom Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) Mar. 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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