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groper

groper

2 9.1
A person who touches another person in a sexual way without their permission
  • noun
  • /ˈɡroʊpər/
  • Offensive
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  • Because he's a groper.
  • subway groper

Examples

  • Two, make sure the audience knows that you won't put up with gropers.

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  • And there's this post prior to this incident, where they discuss breaking a groper's finger.

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  • I have a friend who would insist on a male groper.

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  • It's been so long" and freak out the groper.

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  • So I think it's the gropers' responsibility to learn it's not okay to touch other people against their will.

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  • Yes, because gropers deserve to run the world and dictate other people's behavior.

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  • He's not a groper.

  • Turning a regular person who understands that "no means no" into a scary groper who inappropriately touches three teens and two adult women on the same day.

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  • Serial groper Thomas Kramer, the Miami developer recently arrested for fondling a 13-year-old boy in the Rainbow Room's bathroom, has a familiar friend.

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  • The police issued a warning about a notorious groper who has been targeting women at local bars.

Synonyms

molester
vsgroper
  • Offensive
64 8.6

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

is less formal and focuses on unwanted touching rather than criminal acts
fondler
vsgroper
  • Offensive
1 9.8

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

is broader, covering any sexual or unwanted touching
pawer
vsgroper
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who touches someone in a rude and unwanted way

is more specifically sexual and implies lack of consent rather than clumsy familiarity

How Harmful

sex offender
  • NSFW
72 6.5
groper
  • Offensive
2 9.1
toucher
1 9.4
caresser
1 4.6

Surface Forms

groper singular
gropers plural

Morphology

groper = grope (transparent) = grope + er

The agentive '-er' added to 'grope' yields 'groper' meaning 'one who gropes' in the sexual sense when the verb is used that way; structure and meaning are directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Groper also comes from the verb grope, meaning 'to feel with the hands', but today this word often means a person who touches someone else in a sexual and unwanted way. That's why calling someone a groper usually means they have touched another person without permission.