Molest
verb
To harm or disturb someone, especially in an inappropriate sexual way.
It's illegal for an adult to molest a child.
Often appears as...
- sexually molest
- molest a child
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To bother or annoy someone.
The mosquitoes really molested us in the forest.
Often appears as...
- molest with questions
- constantly molest
verb
To interfere or meddle with something causing damage or making it less pure or genuine.
The tomb has been molested by treasure hunters.
Often appears as...
- molest the area
- historical site molested
verb
To harm or disturb someone, especially in an inappropriate sexual way.
It's illegal for an adult to molest a child.
Often appears as...
- sexually molest
- molest a child
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To bother or annoy someone.
The mosquitoes really molested us in the forest.
Often appears as...
- molest with questions
- constantly molest
verb
To interfere or meddle with something causing damage or making it less pure or genuine.
The tomb has been molested by treasure hunters.
Often appears as...
- molest the area
- historical site molested
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Serious Crime
Using 'molest' implies a grave criminal offense that is deeply distressing for the victim.
The police arrested the man for attempting to molest a minor.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Casual Use
Avoid using 'molest' casually, as it can be shocking due to its association with sexual abuse.
It's inappropriate to say you were 'molested' by a pushy salesperson.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
The term is often found in legal contexts related to improper sexual conduct charges.
The suspect was charged with child molestation.
Pro Tip 1/3Serious Crime
Using 'molest' implies a grave criminal offense that is deeply distressing for the victim.
The police arrested the man for attempting to molest a minor.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Casual Use
Avoid using 'molest' casually, as it can be shocking due to its association with sexual abuse.
It's inappropriate to say you were 'molested' by a pushy salesperson.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
The term is often found in legal contexts related to improper sexual conduct charges.
The suspect was charged with child molestation.
Pro Tip 1/3Serious Crime
Using 'molest' implies a grave criminal offense that is deeply distressing for the victim.
The police arrested the man for attempting to molest a minor.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid Casual Use
Avoid using 'molest' casually, as it can be shocking due to its association with sexual abuse.
It's inappropriate to say you were 'molested' by a pushy salesperson.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
The term is often found in legal contexts related to improper sexual conduct charges.
The suspect was charged with child molestation.
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Video examples
Finding happiness in...
I lived with an alcoholic father who beat me and molested me, and it was all inside that. And always as a child I had this fantasy that somebody would come and rescue me. And I actually made up a little character whose name was Mr. Alligator. I would call him up when things got really bad, and say it was time to come and pick me up.
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How we talk about sexual...
who described growing up, being molested my her own father. And I had friends open up to me about experiences ranging from those that happened last week to those that happened years ago, that I'd had no idea about. And the more we started to receive these messages, the more we also started to receive messages of hope --
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How Amazon, Apple,...
and regulators stepped in much earlier than the regulators now, who would never step in on those nice, nice people. I'm about to get on a plane tonight, and I'm going to have a guy named Roy from TSA molest me. If I am suspected of a DUI on the way home, I can have blood taken from my person.
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Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
correct answer or stomach invalidate either of the two previous answers remember folks who are coming to live this is happening live in the wilderness she is being almost seems like she's being molested right now live on TV he is very interested and what's noticeable
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How I unlearned...
For decades, I kept being the victim of molestation at the hands of a babysitter a secret. I submitted to this under the threat of my younger sister being harmed. I was seven, she was three. I believed it was my responsibility to keep her safe.
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Girls helping girls PIPE...
a spoken word artist an entrepreneur and a creator most importantly she was a thriver she had suffered emotional abuse and molestation abandonment and violence in her family yet she had learned to heal herself by realizing and concluding
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Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
and I have to tell you, there was always this moment where the women shared with me that particular moment when she separated from her body -- when she left home. I heard about women being molested in their beds, flogged in their burqas,
Video examples
Meera Vijayann: Find...
Now, I've spent the last 27 years of my life in India, lived in three small towns, two major cities, and I've had several experiences. When I was seven, a private tutor who used to come home to teach me mathematics molested me.
Video examples
A Cult in Court PIPE...
if it's spiritual it's a lie everything he says everything he says unaware of any tension Lakeisha takes the chance to embrace the man accused of molesting her wayne bent declares that he'll stop eating if he's found guilty
Video examples
Sex Offender PIPE National...
inmates have a strict hierarchy for sex offenders with rapists at the top and the men who have molested small children at the bottom they're known as homos in jailhouse
Video examples
Finding happiness in...
I lived with an alcoholic father who beat me and molested me, and it was all inside that. And always as a child I had this fantasy that somebody would come and rescue me. And I actually made up a little character whose name was Mr. Alligator. I would call him up when things got really bad, and say it was time to come and pick me up.
Video examples
How we talk about sexual...
who described growing up, being molested my her own father. And I had friends open up to me about experiences ranging from those that happened last week to those that happened years ago, that I'd had no idea about. And the more we started to receive these messages, the more we also started to receive messages of hope --
Video examples
How Amazon, Apple,...
and regulators stepped in much earlier than the regulators now, who would never step in on those nice, nice people. I'm about to get on a plane tonight, and I'm going to have a guy named Roy from TSA molest me. If I am suspected of a DUI on the way home, I can have blood taken from my person.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
correct answer or stomach invalidate either of the two previous answers remember folks who are coming to live this is happening live in the wilderness she is being almost seems like she's being molested right now live on TV he is very interested and what's noticeable
Video examples
How I unlearned...
For decades, I kept being the victim of molestation at the hands of a babysitter a secret. I submitted to this under the threat of my younger sister being harmed. I was seven, she was three. I believed it was my responsibility to keep her safe.
Video examples
Girls helping girls PIPE...
a spoken word artist an entrepreneur and a creator most importantly she was a thriver she had suffered emotional abuse and molestation abandonment and violence in her family yet she had learned to heal herself by realizing and concluding
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
and I have to tell you, there was always this moment where the women shared with me that particular moment when she separated from her body -- when she left home. I heard about women being molested in their beds, flogged in their burqas,
Video examples
Meera Vijayann: Find...
Now, I've spent the last 27 years of my life in India, lived in three small towns, two major cities, and I've had several experiences. When I was seven, a private tutor who used to come home to teach me mathematics molested me.
Video examples
A Cult in Court PIPE...
if it's spiritual it's a lie everything he says everything he says unaware of any tension Lakeisha takes the chance to embrace the man accused of molesting her wayne bent declares that he'll stop eating if he's found guilty
Video examples
Sex Offender PIPE National...
inmates have a strict hierarchy for sex offenders with rapists at the top and the men who have molested small children at the bottom they're known as homos in jailhouse
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Sherri Shepherd
American Entertainer
Realizing that the majority of kids that get molested feel that it is their fault, along with shame, those kids have no idea what to say or do to try to report anything, and add that with the lack of education, it is a complete recipe for disaster that leads to non-reporting of molestation.
Quote examples
Jane Campion
New Zealander Director
I did this Super-8 film at art school called 'Tissues,' this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it.
Quote examples
Calamity Jane
American Celebrity
It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
At one time in my life, from the time I was seven until I was about 13, I didn't speak. I only spoke to my brother. The reason I didn't speak: I had been molested, and I told the name of the molester to my brother who told it to the family.
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Jon Porter
American Politician
We need to make sure that the fast-growing States and the balance of States in this country have as much information as available because I cannot imagine the pain as a parent myself of having my child molested by someone in our schools.
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Jonathan Davis
American Musician
I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff.
Quote examples
Babu Antony
Indian Actor
I never agree to do a character that molests a woman. I have been very conscious not to do such roles. I believe that even a villain should have character, which people can remember.
Quote examples
Louise Slaughter
American Politician
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.
Quote examples
Tatum O'Neal
American Actress
When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
Quote examples
Robin Quivers
American Celebrity
I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything.
Quote examples
Sherri Shepherd
American Entertainer
Realizing that the majority of kids that get molested feel that it is their fault, along with shame, those kids have no idea what to say or do to try to report anything, and add that with the lack of education, it is a complete recipe for disaster that leads to non-reporting of molestation.
Quote examples
Jane Campion
New Zealander Director
I did this Super-8 film at art school called 'Tissues,' this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it.
Quote examples
Calamity Jane
American Celebrity
It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
At one time in my life, from the time I was seven until I was about 13, I didn't speak. I only spoke to my brother. The reason I didn't speak: I had been molested, and I told the name of the molester to my brother who told it to the family.
Quote examples
Jon Porter
American Politician
We need to make sure that the fast-growing States and the balance of States in this country have as much information as available because I cannot imagine the pain as a parent myself of having my child molested by someone in our schools.
Quote examples
Jonathan Davis
American Musician
I don't believe in organized religion - I dealt with them hand in hand, and a whole bunch of Catholic priests tried to molest me. Telling me I was gay and I should go home with them and stuff.
Quote examples
Babu Antony
Indian Actor
I never agree to do a character that molests a woman. I have been very conscious not to do such roles. I believe that even a villain should have character, which people can remember.
Quote examples
Louise Slaughter
American Politician
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.
Quote examples
Tatum O'Neal
American Actress
When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
Quote examples
Robin Quivers
American Celebrity
I was 11 when I was molested. It was like a nuclear explosion going off in my life, destroying everything.
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