molester

[ muh-les-ter ]

noun

1. a person who sexually assaults someone, especially a child:

   Offenders range from child pornography collectors, to molesters who use a child's body as a source of pleasure, to rapists.

Word History and Origins

Origin of molester¹

molest ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

And I had this uncle who was a creepy child molester kind of guy.

From Salon

“Except for the ones about Jose being a child molester.”

From Los Angeles Times

There was a neighbor who turned out to be a child molester and a drifter who professed to be a serial killer, a psychic nurse who said she knew where Randy’s body was buried and a Naval officer who claimed he could detect magnetic currents surrounding corpses.

From New York Times

Every couple of years, a Ramos victim finds my work on their molester and reaches out to thank me.

From Los Angeles Times

The spinoff series, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” premiered in 2012 but was canceled in 2014 amid the controversy that Shannon was dating a convicted child molester.

From Los Angeles Times