1. Synonyms: rapes, ravishments, sexual Assaults…

2. 14 He mistrusted ravishment by charm, spiritual appeal, force, wit or other blandishments.

3. Of these his several ravishments, Betrayings, and stealing away of men's wives, came in all those ancient fables, and all that rabble of Grecian forgeries.

4. Praise for Arabesques by Robert Dessaix ‘Magical and inviting … these Arabesques afford the reader inordinate pleasure.’ Livres-Hebdo (France) ‘Surrender to the ravishments first, get lost, skid with thrilled indecisiveness across the mosaic tile of each page.