Idiom
cradle robber
Meaning
A person who marries or becomes romantically involved with someone who is much younger, or who employs or otherwise engages a young person for a purpose inappropriate for his or her age.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“People often call him a cradle robber because his girlfriend is so young.”
“When the fifty-year-old actor started dating a college student, the tabloids immediately labeled him a cradle robber.”
“Despite his claims of a deep intellectual connection, his peers whispered that he was nothing more than a cradle robber seeking to recapture his lost youth.”
Examples
simple
“People often call him a cradle robber because his girlfriend is so young.”
contextual
“When the fifty-year-old actor started dating a college student, the tabloids immediately labeled him a cradle robber.”
complex
“Despite his claims of a deep intellectual connection, his peers whispered that he was nothing more than a cradle robber seeking to recapture his lost youth.”
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