pederast
noun
ped·er·ast
ˈpe-də-ˌrast 
: a man who desires or engages in sexual activity with a boy
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Activists say that anything that helps prosecute pederasts would be a welcome tool.
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Julia Scheeres, WIRED, 4 June 2002
Think of convicted pederast Jerry Sandusky, whose Second Mile foundation—cited as one of President Bush's 1,000 points of light in a 1990 letter of commendation—put him continually in the presence of young boys.
—Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2016
Julia Scheeres, WIRED, 4 June 2002
Think of convicted pederast Jerry Sandusky, whose Second Mile foundation—cited as one of President Bush's 1,000 points of light in a 1990 letter of commendation—put him continually in the presence of young boys.
—Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2016
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pederast
noun
ped·er·ast
ˈped-ə-ˌrast
variants
or chiefly British paederast
: one that practices pederasty
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