jailbait

[jeyl-beyt]

noun Slang.

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

Origin of jailbait

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

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British Dictionary definitions for jail-bait

jailbait

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for jail-bait

jailbait

also jail bait, jail-bait, "girl under the legal age of consent," 1930, from jail (n.) + bait (n.).