pedocriminal
A person who commits child sexual abuseA person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.
» Tom is a pedocriminal.
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1 senses(US)A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.
"Here lives pedocriminal J. Rivoire. The Canadian justice is asking for his extradition. France's is refusing. We are ashamed," the message reads, in French.https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6716076
Examples
1 sentencesTom is a pedocriminal.
Origin
From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)), and from Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).
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Forms
plural: pedocriminals| Singular | pedocriminal |
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See also
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