English

Alternative forms

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

Noun

jailbait ‎(usually uncountable, plural jailbaits)

1. (slang) A person (usually female) who is below the legal age of consent but is thought (usually by an adult male) to be 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."

Synonyms

• lolita, nymph, nymphet, nymphette (female)

Translations

See also

• statutory rape
• molest
• paedophilia, pedophilia
• paedophile, pedophile