child sexual abuse

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child sexual abuse

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noun

uncountable Sexual abuse of a child by an adult or older child. More than $100 million has been paid out to victims of institutional child sexual abuse in Queensland, amid more than 13,000 national applications for redress.
Similar: child molestation

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@misc{child_sexual_abuse_2026,
  title = {child sexual abuse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/child%20sexual%20abuse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}