sexual predator
noun
a person who repeatedly commits sexual assault or other sex-related crimes, often targeting a specific type of victim.
sexual predation
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a word derived from
sexual predator.
Example Sentences
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One needn’t deplore the great work done by important journalists exposing sexual predation to fear that journalism alone cannot do the work of formal adjudicatory proceedings.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2019
Image: Eric Goldman / Santa Clara University Emoticons started appearing in court in 2004, and they have since been found most commonly in sexual predation cases.
From The Verge ● Feb. 18, 2019
Rose McGowan, an alleged Weinstein victim and one of the first women who worked to expose the sexual predation of her industry, slammed the gesture of women wearing black evening gowns.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2018
"Evangelical Christians ought to be the most dogged opponents of sexual predation and violence in the universe," Moore posted on Monday on Twitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2017
It is possible that all the women who accuse Cosby of sexual predation are lying, in the sense that anything not prohibited by the laws of physics is possible.
From Washington Post
