traveler
n.— «Since January alone, federal and local authorities have arrested 17 “travelers”—a name coined by law enforcement officials to describe men who make the leap from sexually soliciting a minor online to meeting them face to face.» —“Cyberstalking The Innocent” by Saeed Ahmed Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Aug. 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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