mistreatment through inappropriate and/or damaging sexual conduct (i.e. rape, sex with minors, etc.)
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
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; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"