pedophile
noun
pe·do·phile
| \ ˈpe-də-ˌfī(-ə)l
, ˈpē-
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Definition of pedophile
: one affected with pedophilia
Examples of pedophile in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
He was photographed with the late financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein at a dinner party at his home in 2010. — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, "David Koch’s spirit is alive and well in the White House cabinet," 23 Aug. 2019 When a serial pedophile was sent to jail for abusing dozens of minors, Opus Bono was there for him, with regular visits and commissary cash. — Anchorage Daily News, "Priests accused of sex abuse turned to under-the-radar group," 29 July 2019 One 2012 study examined why people joined pedophile-hunting chatrooms. — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, "There’s a global movement of Facebook vigilantes who hunt pedophiles," 24 July 2019 Briscoe contends that the defendant has changed and challenged notions accusing his client of being a life-long pedophile. — Michael Todd, The Mercury News, "Santa Cruz District Attorney asks court to keep child predator in state hospital," 19 June 2019 Subjects have run the gamut from the very plausible (intelligence failures around 9/11) to gleefully nutty (the moon is secretly hollow) to the sad and sordid (Jeffrey Epstein and the history of pedophiles in government). — Los Angeles Times, "In the Trump era, a comedy podcast about conspiracy theories finds a home in the mainstream," 19 July 2019 Concerns have been raised about how YouTube collects minors’ information and also about comments from pedophiles that have plagued the site. — SFChronicle.com, "ICYMI: YouTube fine likely; Pampers adding tech touch; Qualcomm fined," 19 July 2019 In February, YouTube was rocked by a video documenting how pedophiles used the comments on videos of children to guide other predators. — Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, "F.T.C. Said to Be Investigating YouTube Over Child Privacy Claims," 19 June 2019 This came on the heels of last week’s social media nightmare, featuring YouTube serving pedophiles videos of preteens in bathing suits. — Jeff Berman, Vox, "Big Tech needs regulation, but DC must go to school before it goes to work," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pedophile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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pedophile
noun
pe·do·phile
| \ ˈped-ə-ˌfīl
, ˈpēd-
\
, ˈpēd-
\
variants:
or chiefly British paedophile \ ˈpēd-
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Medical Definition of pedophile
: one affected with pedophilia
— called also pedophiliac