The Oxford English Dictionary gives the definition "the act of carrying away a person, especially a woman, by force" besides the more general "the act of taking anything by force" (marked as obsolete) and the more specific "violation or ravishing of a woman."
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In Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock, the title means "the theft of a lock of hair", exaggerating a trivial violation against a person.
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The musical comedy The Fantasticks has a controversial song ("It Depends on What You Pay") about "an old-fashioned rape".