Definition of JAILBAIT

jailbait

Meanings

Plural: jailbaits

Noun

  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 21

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