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jailbait.

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.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

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noun/ˈd͡ʒeɪlbeɪt/
  1. 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.

    slang · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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

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