sex offendernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈseks əˌfen.dər/us/ˈseks əˌfen.dɚ/a person who commits a crime involving a sexual attack:
People who commit these crimes are placed on the sex offenders' register (= a list, kept by the police, of people who have been convicted of a sexual offence).
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Sex offenders
- child molester
- exhibitionist
- flasher
- groper
- kiddy fiddler
- molest
- nonce
- paederast
- paedo
- paedophile
- paedophile ring
- pederast
- pedophile
- pedophile ring
- peeping Tom
- pimp
- procurer
- rapist
- vice ring