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sexual assault

act of coercing or physically forcing a person to engage in sexual activity
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sexual assault

Summary

sexual assault ranks in the top 0.21% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,928 views/month, #161 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • sexual assault is a type of sex crime[2].
  • sexual assault is a type of sexual violence[3].
  • sexual assault is a type of attack[4].
  • sexual assault's Commons category is recorded as Sexual abuse[5].
  • sexual assault's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • sexual assault's partially coincident with is recorded as sexual abuse[7].
  • sexual assault's health specialty is recorded as emergency medicine[8].
  • sexual assault's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].
  • sexual assault's objects of occurrence have role is recorded as sexual assault victim[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sex crime[2], sexual violence[3], and attack[4].

Why It Matters

sexual assault ranks in the top 0.21% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,928 views/month, #161 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Gsso id → 003039
    Partially coincident with → sexual abuse
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: sexual-assault, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959014|sexual assault (#289959014)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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