child molester

See also: child-molester

English

Alternative forms

• child-molester

Noun

child molester (plural child molesters)

1. (criminology) Someone who has committed an act of child molestation; someone who has sexually abused a minor.

   Synonyms: Chester, child toucher, chimo, chomo, diaper sniper, goof, kiddy fiddler, short eyes (all slang)

   Hypernym: child abuser

   • 1967, Extent of Subversion in Campus Disorders, page 336:

     Is there available for distribution a copy of your essay on the subject of "The Menace of the Child Molester", which has been published in connection with a work of non-fiction […]

Translations

someone who has sexually abused a minor

• Finnish: lapsien hyväksikäyttäjä, lapsiin sekaantuja
• German: Kinderschänder (de) m, Kinderschänderin (de) f
• Japanese: 児童虐待者 (じどうぎゃくたいしゃ, jidōgyakutaisha), 児童性虐待者 (じどうせいぎゃくたいしゃ, jidōseigyakutaisha)
• Polish: pedofil (pl) m
• Spanish: abusador de niños m, abusadora de niños f