English Explanatory Dictionary

Yewtree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Operation Yewtree
verb
  1. To investigate historic sexual offences as part of Operation Yewtree, or otherwise reveal or allege someone (especially a celebrity active in the 1970s and 1980s) to be a paedophile or abuser.
adj
  1. A paedophile, specifically one revealed by Operation Yewtree or a similar investigation.

Word forms

Yewtree Yewtrees Yewtreeing Yewtreed more Yewtree most Yewtree

Etymology

From Operation Yewtree, an investigation by British police forces into historic sex offences primarily linked to Jimmy Saville. The name Yewtree (from yew tree) was randomly selected from a list of neutral terms.

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