molester

American  

[muh-les-ter] / məˈlɛs tər /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of molester

molest ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Activists say it is this fear and shame that most women feel that emboldens molesters and makes the problem so widespread.

From BBC

“Child molesters are like vampires: They just keep coming back to their victims time and time again,” Bonner said.

From Seattle Times

Many Republicans portrayed me and my kind as leches, even child molesters, laundering perversion into propriety.

From New York Times

However, since taking office, she has disavowed QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that the former President is leading the fight against a covert cabal of satanic and cannibalistic child molesters.

From Salon

The bill “says America would be better off if more murderers were voting, America would be better off if more rapists and child molesters were voting,” Cruz said.

From Seattle Times