Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Definitions of: sex offender, minor, child, rapist

A "Sex Offender" is:

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861723109 a "sex offender" is:

somebody who commits sex crime: somebody who has committed a crime involving a sexual act.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/14/S0301425.html a "sex offender" is:

One who is convicted of a sex crime.

A "Minor" is:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minor

Under the legal age of full responsibility.

A person of inferior rank or importance in a specified group, class, etc.

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861630321

Law somebody not legally adult: somebody who is not yet legally an adult.

A "Child" is:

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861596701

Young human being: a young human being between birth and puberty.

Somebody not yet of age: somebody under a legally specified age who is considered not to be legally responsible for his or her actions.

Immature adult: an adult who is regarded as behaving in a childish or inappropriately childlike way.

A "Rapist/Rape" is:
A man who commits rape.
Somebody who commits rape: somebody who uses force to have sexual intercourse with somebody else.
RAPE (FORCE) verb [I or T] to force someone to have sex when they are unwilling, using violence or threatening behaviour:She was pulled from the car and raped.It's difficult to understand what causes a man to rape.
noun
1 [C or U] (an example of) the crime of forcefully having sex with someone against their wish:He had committed several rapes.He was convicted of rape.
2 [U] destruction of the natural world, often for profit:The road builders were accused of the rape of the countryside.
RAPIST:
noun
A person who commits rape: The police have caught the rapist.

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