Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pedocriminal

/ˈpɛ.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-docrim-i-nal
IPA: /ˈpɛ.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.

American usage

adj

Pertaining to child sexual abuse.

American usage

Example Sentences

""Here lives pedocriminal J. Rivoire. The Canadian justice is asking for his extradition. France's is refusing. We are ashamed," the message reads, in French.https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6716076"
"According to TF1: “[The] Justice considers that the lack of moderation, cooperation with law enforcement and the tools offered by Telegram (disposable number, crypto, etc.) makes him an accomplice in drug trafficking, pedocriminal offenses and fraud.”https://fox5sandiego.com/news/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-arrested-in-france/amp/"

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) + φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)), and from Middle English cryminal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman criminal, from Late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen (“crime”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *peh₂w-, *krey-, παιδοφῐ́λης, cryminal, criminal, criminalis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɛ.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/
British English: /ˈpiː.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

pedocriminals (plural) more pedocriminal (comparative) most pedocriminal (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce pedocriminal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛ.dəˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/.
What does pedocriminal mean?: A person who commits child sexual abuse; a child molester.
Where does pedocriminal come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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