sex offender

noun

: a person who has been convicted of a crime involving sex

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1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sex offender was in 1911

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sex offender

noun

: a person who has been convicted of a crime involving sex (as rape, molestation, sex trafficking, or possession of child pornography)

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