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sexual predator

sexual predator noun: a person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.

Noun

sexual predator (plural sexual predators)

  1. (derogatory) A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
    1. (derogatory) A 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

Forms of sexual predator

pluralsexual predators

Questions about sexual predator

What does sexual predator mean?
Sexual predator means a person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
What part of speech is sexual predator?
Sexual predator is a noun.
What is the plural of sexual predator?
The plural of sexual predator is sexual predators.

Words near sexual predator in the dictionary

  1. sexual orientations
  2. sexual partner
  3. sexual partners
  4. sexual play
  5. sexual politics
  6. sexual predator
  7. sexual predators
  8. sexual preference
  9. sexual preferences
  10. sexual reassignment
  11. sexual reassignment surgery

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