English Explanatory Dictionary

jailbait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.

Pronunciation

jāl´bāt /ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/ En-au-jailbait.ogg

Word forms

jailbait jailbaits gaolbait jail bait jail-bait

Etymology

From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration.

Related words

malebait statutory rape molest paedophilia pedophilia paedophile pedophile
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