ravish = 'to ravage'

[Jonathan Lighter]

That may be a newer trend.

I don't think I've seen or heard it more than once or twice in my lifetime.

JL

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> It seems to me that the confusion occurs more often in the opposite
> direction.  Students somewhat frequently nowadays say "ravage" when they
> mean "rape."
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