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molester

American

[muh-les-ter] / məˈlɛs tər /

noun

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.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

molesters

plural

Etymology

Origin of molester

molest ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

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