sicko
noun [C] /ˈsɪk.əʊ/
/-oʊ/ (plural sickos) slangDefinition
› someone, especially a man, who is mentally ill or who performs unpleasant, often sexual, acts: She's afraid of being attacked in the park by a sicko.Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people sicko adjective
(Definition of sicko noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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