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sexual predator

[ sek-shoo-uhl pred-uh-ter, -tawr ]

noun

  1. a person who repeatedly commits sexual assault or other sex-related crimes, often targeting a specific type of victim:

    A sexual predator has been jailed for 13 years for his involvement in a child sex-trafficking ring.



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Other Word Forms

  • sex·u·al pre·da·tion [sek, -shoo-, uh, l pri-, dey, -sh, uh, n], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sexual predator1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

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He got stopped nearly naked and, for the first time in our eyes, he was becoming a sexual predator.

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Is that what you need to see in order to realize this man in a sexual predator?

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"Although no sentence can ever make up for what happened to these women, I hope that today's result can give some sense of comfort that this dangerous and manipulative sexual predator will be in prison for a significant amount of time."

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PC Hunter was described as a "sexual predator who used his position to take advantage of vulnerable women".

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Those were the words of an unsuspecting mother who was ambushed by sexual predator John Whitfield in a popular park in Warrington, Cheshire, in front of her little boy.

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