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Sexual Predator
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Sexual Predator
A pejorative term for a person attempting to initiate or initiating sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically 'predatory' manner. It is most commonly used in reference to paedophiles who prey on innocent children, but may refer to any other sexually vulnerable group including the mentally disabled and elderly


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In pursuit Bullying, retaliation and rejection were among the main reasons for juvenile stalking, with sexual predation accounting for just 5% and infatuation for 2% Three-quarters of the victims reported being threatened.
However, in this case it appears that the girl is being treated as a victim of sexual predation.
His barrister Stephen Constantine said: "This was drunken, boorish behaviour rather than sexual predation, as it were.
 
 
 
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