Definition of pedophile
: one affected with pedophilia
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The problem is the many pedophiles out there & the adults who enable them.
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The comedy came first and continued throughout his life, even as Crimmins took on more serious causes and worked to take down pedophiles, politicians and the powerful.
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Society gains by allowing open data if the purpose is to stop or catch terrorists, swindlers, and pedophiles.
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In 2012, Monsignor William J. Lynn of Philadelphia became the first Church official to go to prison for shuffling around pedophile priests instead of reporting them to authorities.
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Mute contains some unwelcome passages of cruelty and homophobia, and a subplot revealing Duck to be a pedophile only adds to the unpleasantness.
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How long will pedophiles and rapists find sanctuary in our churches, our schools and our sports programs?
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But reality slipped into the conversation Tuesday when their oldest child, a 6-year-old boy, asked his father what a pedophile is.
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The commission gathered outside experts to advise the church on protecting children from pedophiles and educating church personnel about preventing abuse and cover-ups.
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First Known Use of pedophile
1912
Medical Dictionary
variants:
or chiefly British
paedophile
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\ˈpēd-\
medical Definition of pedophile
: one affected with pedophilia — called also
pedophiliac
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