SEXUALPREDATOR

Sexual predator

The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" manner. Analogous to how a predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual predator is thought to "hunt" for his or her sex partners. People who commit sex crimes, such as rape or child sexual abuse, are commonly referred to as sexual predators, particularly in tabloid media or as a power phrase by politicians.

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sexual predator

Noun

  1. A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
    The woman was jailed after the judge described her as a sexual predator.


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