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.

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sexual predator¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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.

From BBC

So a lot of them construct this elaborate fantasy where Trump isn't a sexual predator, but a hero secretly fighting the "real" sexual predators.

From Salon

Trump is seething with anger and resentment at having been officially exposed as a sexual predator, a fraud, a coup plotter and a thief.

From Salon

It’s fair to say he has faithfully observed that creed or dictum throughout his career as a shameless cheat and hustler in business, a many-times-accused sexual predator in personal life, and a pathological fabricator of sadistic lies in politics.

From Salon