sexual predator

English

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Noun

sexual predator (plural sexual predators)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact in an abusive manner, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
   1. A sex offender.
      • 2002, James Fredrick Hodgson, Debra S. Kelley, Sexual Violence: Policies, Practices, and Challenges in the United States and Canada:

        The Jacob Wetterling Act required all states to establish stringent registration programs for sex offenders by September 1997, including the identification and registration of lifelong sexual predators.

Translations

person seen as threatening for wanting sex

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 色狼 (zh) (sèláng)

• Czech: sexuální predátor m
• Finnish: seksuaalinen hyväksikäyttäjä
• French: prédateur sexuel m, prédatrice sexuelle f
• German: sexuelles Raubtier n (barely used, translationese)
• Hungarian: szexuális ragadozó
• Italian: predatore sessuale
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: seksualny drapieżnik m, seksualna drapieżnica f
• Portuguese: predador sexual m
• Russian: сексуа́льный хи́щник m (sɛksuálʹnyj xíščnik), сексуа́льная хи́щница f (sɛksuálʹnaja xíščnica) (barely used, translationese)
• Spanish: acosador sexual
• Ukrainian: сексуа́льний хижа́к m (seksuálʹnyj xyžák), сексуа́льна хижа́чка f (seksuálʹna xyžáčka) (barely used, translationese)