"indecent assault" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: indecent assaults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} indecent assault (plural indecent assaults)
  1. (criminal law, Hong Kong, historical in UK) Sexual contact with another person, who does not want it, that does not result in, or is not considered to be, rape. Wikipedia link: indecent assault Tags: Hong-Kong, historical Categories (topical): Criminal law Translations (unwanted sexual contact): 非禮 (Chinese Mandarin), 非礼 (fēilǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 猥褻侵犯 (Chinese Mandarin), 猥亵侵犯 (wěixiè qīnfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), pakottaminen seksuaaliseen tekoon (Finnish), ασέλγεια (asélgeia) [feminine] (Greek)

Inflected forms

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