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jailbait

Jailbait (noun) means 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.

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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.
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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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"jailbait" (noun) means 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.

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