molestation
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9.1
- noun
- /ˌmɒləˈsteɪʃən/
- Offensive
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abuso sexual
- I have a warrant for your arrest for the sexual molestation of Thomas Wayne Jackson.
- child molestation
- sexual molestation
- contact molestation
So genocide, rape, torture, child torture, child molestation, just the butchering.
- So genocide, rape, torture, child torture, child molestation, just the butchering.
- They're also people who of course, are victims of child molestation.
- Sexual abuse is usually defined to include rape, sexual assault, sexual molestation, sexual harassment, and incest.
- And there she's fighting, you know, custody battle and, and you know, child molestation case.
- They hear the word molestation and they they might default to the thing that is the least distressing to them you know that there's a a hand grab of the rear end.
- It was, it'll be, it'll be considered molestation, but there wasn't, you know, stop at that.
- I don't care if if you're coming with the only intention of healing child molestation, right?
- You don't usually hear a black man discussing speaking, whether it's therapy or molestation.
Examples
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I have barely escaped what would have turned into serious molestation when I was a small child.
Blog text (18) -
Well, apparently, she has a whole history of sexual molestation that we didn't know about.
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After eight years of dedicated service, the teacher was arrested for child molestation.
Academic text (1992) -
Neither the church leaders nor the victim reported the molestation to the police in Utah.
Blog text (17) -
Each woman was assigned to the category representing the most severe level of molestation or sexual abuse she had experienced.
Academic text (1998) -
Today, such behavior would be identified as molestation of children or minors.
Academic text (2004) -
In fact, the vast majority of child molestation acts are perpetrated by heterosexual men.
Academic text (2003) -
I was involved in a mild single-incident case of molestation while in daycare as a child.
Blog text (15) -
The molestation of Krissi Cates and the murders weren't legally linked, but... everyone had heard the rumors and the jury was surely poisoned against him.
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The report detailed several cases of molestation that had gone unreported for years.
Synonyms
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5.7
Unwanted sexual contact or activity often involving force
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5.7
Force or trick someone into sex they do not want
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6.6
An illegal sexual act done without the other person's agreement, often using force or threats
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7.7
A crime in which someone forces another person to have sex against their will
Antonyms
How Serious
- Offensive
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4.1
- NSFW
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5.7
- Offensive
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9.1
- Offensive
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4.6
- NSFW
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7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Molestation comes from the Latin verb molestare, which means 'to trouble' or 'annoy', and like the English verb molest it originally meant causing harm or disturbance; over time it came to be used for serious, unwanted sexual attacks, so today molestation often means sexual abuse or unwanted sexual advances.