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nonce

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Source Word

nonce

IPA(Pronunciation)

/nɒns/

Britain derogatory broadly slang

Japanese Meaning

性犯罪者、特に児童に対する性的犯罪を犯した者 (侮蔑的表現) / 小児性愛者

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After the police confirmed their suspicions that he was a nonce, parents kept their children indoors.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

警察が彼が児童性犯罪者だという疑いを確認すると、保護者たちは子どもたちを家の中にとどめた。

Sense（1）

(Britain, derogatory) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.

1989 "assorted nonces, ponces and murderers, 'the worst men in the world' … on the nonce wing, where the child-killers, molesters and various perverts have to be protected from the other prisoners." (New Statesman, New Society, Volume 2, Statesman & Nation Publishing Company Limited)

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(by extension) A pedophile.

Sense（3）

(Britain, prison slang, derogatory) A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise

Sense（4）

(Britain, slang, derogatory) A stupid or worthless person.

Shut it, ya nonce!

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

nonces

（ plural ）

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