Definition
To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation.
To use a young person for a purpose inappropriate to their age.
In Context
- "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."