sexual predator

noun

: a person who has committed a sexually violent offense and especially one who is likely to commit more sexual offenses

sexual predation noun

victims of sexual predation

Word History

First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

sexual predator

noun

sexual pred·​a·​tor

: a person who has committed a sexually violent offense and especially one who is likely (as because of a mental abnormality or a psychological disorder) to commit more sexual offenses