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groomer

groomer

9.1
A person who builds trust with a child or vulnerable adult to sexually harm them
  • noun
  • /ˈɡruːmər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : depredador sexual
  • The police arrested a man who was a known groomer of vulnerable children.

Look at Philip Schofield, guy's a groomer, sexual predator.

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Examples

  • And I'm going to say that Moses Mike is a groomer enabler.

  • Look at Philip Schofield, guy's a groomer, sexual predator.

  • So she got a good dose at school and then the groomers come out as soon as she put on her Instagram account.

  • It strikes me that all these people that are so worried about groomers have no problems with the ones that support Trump.

  • Wow, As if I'm a groomer, as if I've made kids steal drugs for me when it was just wasn't the case, right.

  • After the children revealed their experiences, it became clear that the groomer had manipulated their trust.

  • The community organized a meeting to educate parents about the signs of a potential groomer.

Synonyms

molester
vsgroomer
  • Offensive
64 8.6

A person who touches someone in a sexual way without their permission

builds trust first instead of acting with immediate unwanted contact
groper
vsgroomer
  • Offensive
2 9.1

A person who touches another person in a sexual way without their permission

builds relationship first rather than touching without consent
diddler
vsgroomer
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who sexually harms a child

builds trust first rather than being only a direct abuser
fondler
vsgroomer
  • Offensive
1 9.8

A person who touches someone’s private parts without their permission

builds trust over time instead of immediate inappropriate touching
loverboy
vsgroomer
  • Offensive
9.2

A man who pretends to love someone to trick and use them

builds trust over time rather than using immediate romantic deception

Antonyms

129 2.8

A person who defends and cares for another person or thing

Compounds

2 2.1

A person who washes, cuts, and styles dogs' fur

How Harmful

predator
101 4.6
abuser
  • NSFW
86 5.3
groomer
  • Offensive
9.1
acquaintance
114 3.5

Surface Forms

groomer singular
groomers plural

Morphology

groomer = groom (semi-transparent) = groom + er

Built from the verb 'groom' + agentive '-er', but the criminal sense 'to build trust to exploit sexually' is a specialized figurative extension that may not be predictable to learners who only know basic senses.

Etymology

Groomer comes from the verb groom, which originally meant 'to make ready' or 'to take care of', like brushing and preparing a horse. A harmful meaning grew where someone 'prepares' a child by gaining their trust to exploit or abuse them, so groomer today can mean a person who builds trust with a child to harm them.