molestation

[ UK /məlɪstˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌmoʊɫɛˈsteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
  2. the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
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  • The duty of the former was to lead out the flocks daily at dawn, to follow and tend them while depasturing, and protect them from the depredations of the blacks, or the molestations of the native dogs; for which purpose in very remote districts, such as this, they are provided with guns. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter
  • ” “Name, name, Mr. J——, ” cried Hunt in a boisterous tone of friendly exultation, “name as many as you please, without reserve or fear of molestation! Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen
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  • The allegations of child sexual abuse and molestation ruined the lives of some teachers, who were wrongfully accused.
  • France, and being welcomed by our said lord with a chearefull and fauourable countenance, they presented certaine letters on your behalfe vnto the kings Maiestie, with that reuerence which beseemed them: expounding vnto his highnes, sundry piracies and molestations offered of late vpon the sea, by his liege people and subiects vnto yours, contrary to the leagues of peace and amitie, which hitherto The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
  • Guess you've heard by now that Jackson showed up to his child molestation trial wearing his pajamas, apparently, down in the back, while Judge Rodney Melville threatened to have his bond forfeited -- in other words, land him in jail and Jackson miraculously was healed and showed up. CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2005
  • Furthermore, there were the tendencies of many psychoanalysts to blame others, usually the parents (as in the case of the erroneous concept of the "schizophrenogenic mother") and to minimize the factors of child abuse and molestation; all this was unfair and incorrect and led to much improperly imposed suffering, although certainly on a lesser scale than Marx's. The Unknown Freud: An Exchange
  • David Welker: A deontologist who thinks that child molestation, rape, and murder should all be perfectly legal but who thinks that putting your shoes on between the hours of 12 AM and 5 PM should be punished by the death penalty is still as subject to criticism as anyone else. The Volokh Conspiracy » The “Racist” Charge
  • Young girls blackened their faces and hobbled like cripples to avoid molestation but it made no difference.
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