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pedocriminal

noun
/ˈpiː.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/UK/ˈpɛ.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/CA/ˈpe.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)), and from Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).

  1. derived from crimen
  2. derived from criminalis
  3. derived from criminal
  4. inherited from cryminal
  5. derived from παιδοφῐ́λης

Definitions

  1. A person who commits child sexual abuse

    A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.

    • "Here lives pedocriminal J. Rivoire. The Canadian justice is asking for his extradition. France's is refusing. We are ashamed," the message reads, in French.https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6716076

  2. Pertaining to child sexual abuse.

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