molester

[ muh-les-ter ]

noun
  1. 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.

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How to use molester in a sentence

  • Often Lamb comes off not as Chester the molester, but instead as a recognizable and mostly sympathetic character.

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