jailbait

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/

Definition of jailbait

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (slang, uncountable, usually)A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.
    “"The first time she modelled for Edward Weston, in March 1934, Charis Wilson knew she didn’t look good. At 20 she was “a piece of jailbait”, a mere child, especially with the stumpy plaits into which she sometimes twisted her hair."”

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Etymology

From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration.

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