molest has definitions from the fields of criminal law,sexuality
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[ verb ] (criminal law,sexuality) harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

Used in print

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

Though his inner thoughts cringed at it , he forced himself to think_back , recreating the scene in which Mae claimed to have caught him molesting the child .

Related terms

assail molestation

2
[ verb ] annoy continually or chronically

Examples

"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" "This man harasses his female co-workers"

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