English Explanatory Dictionary

pedocriminal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.
adj
  1. Pertaining to child sexual abuse.

Pronunciation

pēd'-ə-fīl' /ˈpiː.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ pĕd'-ə-fīl' /ˈpɛ.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ /ˈpɛ.doʊˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ /ˈpe.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/ /ˈpɛ.dəʉˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/

Word forms

pedocriminal pedocriminals more pedocriminal most pedocriminal

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)), and from Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).

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