child-molester

See also: child molester

English

Noun

child-molester (plural child-molesters)

1. Alternative form of child molester.
   • 1913 February 20, Herbert Thomas, “[‘One and All’ Notes. Looking Backward.] A Christmas Greeting.”, in The Cornishman: A Newspaper for “One and All”, volume 34, number 1,820, Penzance, Cornwall, page 4, column 2:

     You cannot wrap a highway robber or a child-molester in cotton wool, but it would have a wholesome effect if convicted people knew that not only would good conduct knock a definite period off their term of imprisonment, but that this excellent conduct and unusual industry and manliness might at any moment be recognised and the doors be opened for them to begin life afresh, even though less than half of the sentence passed had been actually inflicted.

   • 1924 May 10, “Sam Square’s Budget”, in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, Goulburn, N.S.W., page two, column 5:

     It may be a Noble act to chase a child-molester through the streets, but to bark one’s shins and sport a limp for the rest of the day is no joke.

   • 2011 July 3, “Wednesday highlights”, in DNJ Extra (The Daily News Journal), Murfreesboro, Tenn., page 9, column 4:

     A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010, Horror) Teens in a small Ohio town find their dreams haunted by Freddy, the murderous ghost of a child-molester who died years before, and who now has the ability to kill them in horrible ways if they aren’t able to prevent themselves from falling asleep.

   • 2022 April 24, Peter Goodman, “Seek compromise, not carnage, across the aisle”, in Las Cruces Sun-News, volume 142, number 15, Las Cruces, N.M., →ISSN, page 8A, column 3:

     Many people seriously believe that our national leaders are a conspiratorial band of child-molesters.