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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.

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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."