jailbait

[ jeyl-beyt ]

nounSlang.
  1. a girl with whom sexual intercourse is punishable as statutory rape because she is under the legal age of consent.

Origin of jailbait

1
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; jail + bait

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British Dictionary definitions for jailbait

jailbait

/ (ˈdʒeɪlˌbeɪt) /


noun
  1. slang a young woman, or young women collectively, considered sexually attractive but below the age of consent

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