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  • noun Plural form of molester.

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Examples

  • A person who undervalues the interests of children in being safe from child molesters is not him – or herself a child molester.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge 2010

  • Bill Donohue says criticizing the Catholic Church for harboring child molesters is akin to treating the Catholic Church like an anti-Semitic cult.

    Think Progress » CIA’s top spy: U.S. intelligence hasn’t ‘suffered at all’ from banning waterboading. 2010

  • Only one in sixteen child molesters is ever convicted, 85% of abuse is carried out by adults known to the children, and some figures estimate over 80% goes unreported.

    Shattered Reality « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • He was going to testify about a supposedly typical pattern of conduct in molesters of children (including, apparently, teenagers): Dr. Pinizzotto would testify that a child molester typically begins by befriending the child in order to gain the child’s trust.

    IsThatLegal? 2003

  • Most of the molesters were also over the age 30 but the Catholic League does not rename the “pedophilia crisis” an “older man crisis” or an “white older man” crisis or anything of the sort.

    Think Progress 2010

  • Most of the molesters were also over the age 30 but the Catholic League does not rename the “pedophilia crisis” an “older man crisis” or an “white older man” crisis or anything of the sort.

    Think Progress » Catholic League: Church Abuse Scandal Is A Crisis Of ‘Homosexuality,’ Not ‘Pedophilia’ 2010

  • Much easier to carry out than a rule that unaccompanied children always have to have an empty seat next to them - which again, just assumes that everyone - both male and female - are equally potential child molesters, which is just not true.

    Bigotry Against Men In Childcare 2005

  • Much easier to carry out than a rule that unaccompanied children always have to have an empty seat next to them - which again, just assumes that everyone - both male and female - are equally potential child molesters, which is just not true.

    Bigotry Against Men In Childcare 2005

  • Many inmates refer to molesters as "dirty" prisoners, and some insist that assaulting or killing them represents a service to society.

    Slate Articles Brian Palmer 2011

  • Misinformation has previously led people to believe that victims of child sexual abuse automatically become the molesters, which is not true, according to Greig Veeder, a nationally recognized expert on this subject.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local jessix 2010

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