molester

[muh-les-ter]

noun

1. a person who sexually assaults someone, especially a child.

   Offenders range from child pornography collectors, to molesters who use a child's body as a source of pleasure, to rapists.

Word History and Origins

Origin of molester¹

molest ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

In March 2022, he hurtled through the streets of three Silicon Valley cities, chasing a pickup truck carrying the suspected molester, Harry Goularte, and two other people.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

A child molester might be told that the victim looked older, or that the investigator, too, finds the child to be attractive.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

“This is an outrageous case that highlights LAUSD’s systemic failure to protect children from known child molesters,” Ring said in an interview.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

This week, she is being lauded for putting rapists, child molesters and murderers behind bars while creating a diversion program for nonviolent offenders.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Dipping into the topic of Pride Month, Waters comments on the Pope’s stance on homosexuality, saying that what he should really be concerned about is child molesters.

Read more on Salon