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A person who obtains, or tries to obtain, sexual contact, and for that reason is seen as threatening.
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Sexual predator — The term sexual predator is used pejoratively to describe a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically predatory manner. Analogous to how a predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual… … Wikipedia
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Predator (criminology) — In criminology, a predator is used to describe a criminal, most commonly in the phrases sexual predator and/or child predator . The term superpredator has also been used to refer to a theorized individual, from an urban ghetto, who has developed… … Wikipedia
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