Agra Girl, 6, Drowned In Water Tank, Head Smashed After Failed Rape Attempt: Cops
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A six-year-old girl was drowned in a water tank and her head was smashed with a stone to hide her identity after a failed rape bid, police said on Monday.
  • joyjoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    379·
    10 months ago

    It wasn’t a failed rape bid. It was a failed rape attempt. There wasn’t an auction like I was thinking based on what I read in the title.

    • Copernican@lemmy.worldEnglish
      551·
      10 months ago

      Just non native English speaking translation. A bid can meet an attempt, like a bid for re election.

    • tiramichu@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      One of the meanings of ‘bid’ is to attempt to achieve something

      e.g. “In a bid to escape, he jumped down the waterfall”

      Doesn’t mean money is involved. But I agree it’s a poor choice of phrase for this headline.

      And either way, very bad news =(

    • a baby duck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      10 months ago

      Yeah I’m not sure what “rape bid” is even supposed to mean, in any context. Doesn’t “bid” imply something that can be accepted?