"jailbait" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/ Audio: En-au-jailbait.ogg Forms: jailbaits [plural]
enPR: jāl´bāt Etymology: From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|jail|bait}} jail + bait Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} jailbait (usually uncountable, plural jailbaits)
  1. (slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive. Wikipedia link: jailbait Tags: slang, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pedophilia, People, Sex Synonyms: gaolbait [rare], jail bait, jail-bait Hyponyms: lolita, nymph, nymphet, nymphette [feminine] Related terms: malebait (english: an underage male perceived to be attractive by adult females) [rare], statutory rape, molest, paedophilia, pedophilia, paedophile, pedophile Coordinate_terms: jail fodder Translations (person below the age of consent for sexual activity): 禍水妞 (Chinese Mandarin), 祸水妞 (huòshuǐniū) (Chinese Mandarin), sakkoliha (Finnish), lolita [feminine] (French), Lolita [feminine] (German), Knastköder [also, masculine, uncommon] (German), πιπίνι (pipíni) [neuter] (Greek), bakfis (Hungarian), lolita [feminine] (Italian), ninfetta [feminine] (Italian), ロリータ (rorīta) (Japanese), chave de cadeia (Portuguese), novinha (Portuguese), pita [Portugal] (Portuguese), лоли́та (lolíta) [feminine] (Russian), нимфетка (nimfetka) [feminine] (Russian), cabrita [Chile, feminine] (Spanish), muchachita [feminine] (Spanish), lammkött [slang] (Swedish), çıtır [slang] (Turkish)

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