pedophile
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- noun
- /ˈpɛdəˌfaɪl/
- Offensive
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pedófilo
- The police arrested a man after he admitted to being a pedophile and having inappropriate thoughts about children.
- pedophile abuses children
- a pedophile priest
- pedophile networks
So we don't believe in pedophiles, rapists, serial killers.
- So we don't believe in pedophiles, rapists, serial killers.
- The woman had previously been married to another paedophile that was in gaol.
- Then we had a, a pedophile ice cream truck driver.
- Like Shane, Are you sure you're not a pedophile like Shane?
- They have literally covered up for the worst paedophile in British history.
- Routinely sex offenders and worst of all, paedophiles were abused in prison.
- I voted to get rapists and pedophiles off the streets.
- But I thought it was a local pedophile ring, not like a nationwide network.
- There was a paedophile ring operating for decades.
- So a lot of fancy neighborhoods can keep pedophiles out.
- So let's ask ourselves, do pedophiles exist?
- She thinks that Josh is a pedophile who is praying on her baby girl.
- Yes, and then you was exposing paedophiles and your account blew up again.
Examples
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He's a pedophile and he's molesting children.
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Parents are constantly warning their children about the dangers of a pedophile lurking in their neighborhood.
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"The computer gives the pedophile access to a whole new set of victims," she explains.
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There was a paedophile ring operating for decades.
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She thinks that Josh is a pedophile who is praying on her baby girl.
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There are at least three significant characteristics of pedophile behavior that illustrate this difference:
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By pretending to be one of them, the pedophile can cultivate a friendship.
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The anonymity of the net means that pedophiles can speak to each other in relative privacy.
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While such visible tour groups no longer occur, organized networks of tourist pedophiles still operate.
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My children are safer alone than with some messed-up pedophile babysitter.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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An offensive term for a person who sexually abuses children
A person who is sexually attracted to children
Surface Forms
Morphology
pedophile = pedo + phile
Although the word is historically built from Greek elements meaning 'child' and 'lover', those combining forms are not ordinary English words and the specialized sexual sense is not predictable for most learners.
Etymology
Pedophile comes from Greek parts pedo- meaning 'child' and -phile meaning 'loving'. It literally means 'lover of children', so today it is used for an adult who is sexually attracted to children.