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  • noun Alternative form of pedophile.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an adult who is sexually attracted to children

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Examples

  • Its gone in the complete opposite direction to the days when no one ever heard or knew the meaning of the word paedophile, which isnt that long ago, and teachers and staff in childrens homes were seen as caring adults.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2009

  • A paedophile is posthumously lauded as a saviour of all mankind, the arrest of a convicted paedophile condemned as an 'immense cultural scandal'.

    Satire? We're Past That. Dungeekin 2009

  • A paedophile is posthumously lauded as a saviour of all mankind, the arrest of a convicted paedophile condemned as an 'immense cultural scandal'.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • "It's better than being called a paedophile," he reflects.

    David Tang: From connections come corrections 2011

  • He would have been called a paedophile and thrown out of Venice.

    Archive 2008-03-02 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • He would have been called a paedophile and thrown out of Venice.

    Vivaldi de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • Compare and contrast ? this bloke gets arrested by a vindictive PC Knacker, labelled a paedophile, is charged, his name no doubt leaked to the press by our wonderful Police, has to endure court appearances, has to explain ? at length I am sure, to his wife and family that he?

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Google fined for 'paedophile' libel against priest GOOGLE has been fined $US8500 ($9169) in Brazil after an anonymous internet user posted defamatory messages on one of its sites against a priest, calling him a "paedophile".

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Google fined for 'paedophile' libel against priest GOOGLE has been fined $US8500 ($9169) in Brazil after an anonymous internet user posted defamatory messages on one of its sites against a priest, calling him a "paedophile".

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Google fined for 'paedophile' libel against priest GOOGLE has been fined $US8500 ($9169) in Brazil after an anonymous internet user posted defamatory messages on one of its sites against a priest, calling him a "paedophile".

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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