pedophilia

UK /ˌpiː.dəˈfɪ.li.ə/ US /ˌpe.dəˈfɪ.li.ə/
noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.

As noted earlier, pedophilia was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of pedophilia.

Sometimes a man with pedophilia is content to stroke the child's hair, but he may also manipulate the child's genitalia, [...]

2

Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.

Fifteen months later, a committee of the congregation found that he had sexually abused several boys within the congregation. […] The fact that Alger committed pedophilia at the age of thirty-four casts a shadow over his subsequent yearning for relationships with boys and young men, but there is no evidence of any later misconduct.

Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in pedophilia, […]

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