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sex offender
[ seksuh-fen-der ]
/ ˈsɛks əˈfɛn dər /
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noun
a person who has been found guilty of one or more sex crimes.
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Sometimes sex·u·al of·fend·er .
Origin of sex offender
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby sex offender
sex-limited, sex-linkage, sex-linked, sex-linked trait, sex object, sex offender, sexology, sexpartite, sexpert, sex play, sexploitation
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