sexual predator

Meanings

nounsexual predator (plural sexual predators)

derogatoryA person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
1. derogatoryA sex offender.
  The Jacob Wetterling Act required all states to establish stringent registration programs for sex offenders by September 1997, including the identification and registration of lifelong sexual predators.
  2002, James Fredrick Hodgson, Debra S. Kelley, Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and Canada

Chinese Mandarin 色狼

Czech sexuální predátor

Finnish seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttäjä

French prédateur sexuel, prédatrice sexuelle

Hungarian szexuális ragadozó

Italian predatore sessuale

Polish seksualny drapieżnik, seksualna drapieżnica

Portuguese predador sexual

Russian сексуа́льный хи́щник

сексуа́льный хи́щник (sɛksuálʹnyj xíščnik)person seen as threatening for wanting sex

Spanish acosador sexual

Ukrainian сексуа́льний хижа́к

сексуа́льний хижа́к (seksuálʹnyj xyžák)person seen as threatening for wanting sex

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