Meanings
nounchild sex crime (plural child sex crimes)
plural child sex crimes
- criminal lawSexual act involving juvenile victims.
Dozens of foreigners have been jailed for child sex crimes or deported to face trial in their home countries since Cambodia launched an anti-pedophilia push in 2003, to try to shake off its reputation as a haven for sex predators.
2010 March 20, “Police say Australian arrested for child sex in Cambodia”, in The Australian
Translations
Finnish lapsiseksirikollisuus
- lapsiseksirikollisuusunlawful sexual act with minors
German sexueller Kindesmissbrauch
- sexueller Kindesmissbrauchunlawful sexual act with minors
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APA
child sex crime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sex%20crime
MLA
“child sex crime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sex%20crime. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child sex crime,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20sex%20crime.
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