Meaning of rob the cradle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation.
   disapproving, idiomatic
2. To use a young person for a purpose inappropriate to their age.
   disapproving, idiomatic

Examples

“The actress, 31, also pooh-poohs the notion that she's robbing the cradle with Timberlake, 22.”

“They were ordered to the field, and their places filled by the Georgia "Reserves," an organization of boys under, and men over the military age. As General Grant aptly-phrased it, "They had robbed the cradle and the grave," in forming these regiments.”

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