jailbait

• gaolbait (rare)
• jail bait, jail-bait

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

• enPR: jāl´bāt, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/

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jailbait (usually uncountable, plural jailbaits)

1. (slang) 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.
   • 2009, The Economist, Charis Wilson, model and writer, died on November 20th, aged 95:

     "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."

• lolita, nymph, nymphet, nymphette (female)

• jail fodder

• malebait (rare) (an underage male perceived to be attractive by adult females)
• statutory rape
• molest
• paedophilia, pedophilia
• paedophile, pedophile