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 Words From

• 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

Also, so the theory in some Democratic circles presumably goes, it would give Senate Republicans terrified of defying Trump an easy excuse to vote against Gaetz: “He’s a pervert, a sexual predator, and maybe a criminal. And we certainly can’t have somebody like that as attorney general.”

From Slate

In the first place, the notion that being a sexual predator is disqualifying for the highest offices in the land now seems almost quaint.

From Slate

The newly elected President of the United States has nominated a sexual predator to be in charge of the Department of Justice.

From Salon

Johnson has shown no signs he will thwart Trump in any way, the conservative Christian instead deploying his moral authority to defend an alleged sexual predator.

From Salon

We are now engaged in what we in the press like to call a spirited debate about the confirmation prospects of one Matt Gaetz, the galactically unqualified and credibly accused sexual predator, to be the chief law-enforcement officer of the United States.

From Slate