molest

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /məˈlɛst/

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Verb

Plain form molest

Third-person singular molests

Past tense molested

Past participle molested

Present participle molesting

1. (transitive) If you molest someone, you annoy, harass, or disturb them.

   She needed to sit somewhere quiet where her children would not molest her.

2. (transitive) To molest someone is to force unwanted sexual contact on them.

   He was trying to molest the woman.

3. (transitive) To molest means to sexually abuse a child.

   She was sent to jail because she kept trying to molest children.

Related words

• molester
• molestation