to surprise

cruel, inhumane, callous

cruelty, inhumaneness, callousness

action, act / conduct

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

using force

(criminology, law) criminal act, criminal offense

(law) a juristic act.