sexual predator

[sek-shoo-uhl pred-uh-ter, -tawr]

noun

1. a person who repeatedly commits sexual assault or other sex-related crimes, often targeting a specific type of victim.

   A sexual predator has been jailed for 13 years for his involvement in a child sex-trafficking ring.

Other Word Forms

• sexual predation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sexual predator¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

He got stopped nearly naked and, for the first time in our eyes, he was becoming a sexual predator.

From Los Angeles Times

Is that what you need to see in order to realize this man in a sexual predator?

From Los Angeles Times

"Although no sentence can ever make up for what happened to these women, I hope that today's result can give some sense of comfort that this dangerous and manipulative sexual predator will be in prison for a significant amount of time."

From BBC

PC Hunter was described as a "sexual predator who used his position to take advantage of vulnerable women".

From BBC

Those were the words of an unsuspecting mother who was ambushed by sexual predator John Whitfield in a popular park in Warrington, Cheshire, in front of her little boy.

From BBC