sexual predator

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sexual predator (plural sexual predators)

  1. (chiefly derogatory) A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
    1. A sex offender.
      • 2002, James Fredrick Hodgson, Debra S. Kelley, Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and Canada:
        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.

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