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Molest

//məˈlɛst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To sexually assault or sexually harass.

    "At last he simmered down, choked out his explanations. And the news was indeed enormous. That afternoon, just three hours earlier, his younger sister, Gina, had been molested, debauched, as she crossed a children's playground in the park."

  2. 2
    annoy continually or chronically wordnet
  3. 3
    To annoy, trouble, or afflict. dated

    "They have molested the church with needless opposition."

  4. 4
    harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to wordnet
  5. 5
    To disturb or tamper with. dated

Etymology

From Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole.

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