English

Noun

constupration ‎(countable and uncountable, plural constuprations)

1. (archaic) The act of ravishing; violation; defilement.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)

   • 1868, D. Spillan and Cyrus Edmonds (translators), Titus Livius (author), The History of Rome, books 9–26:

     I will neither see my native city demolished and burnt, nor the matrons, virgins, and free-born youths of Campania dragged to constupration.