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MOLESTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
Synonyms:
harassment; molestation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("molestation" is a kind of...):
mistreatment (the practice of treating (someone or something) badly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "molestation"):
baiting (harassment especially of a tethered animal)
badgering; bedevilment; torment; worrying (the act of harassing someone)
sexual harassment (unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee)
ribbing; tantalization; tease; teasing (the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances)
witch-hunt (searching out and harassing dissenters)
Derivation:
molest (annoy continually or chronically)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("molestation" is a kind of...):
sex crime; sex offense; sexual abuse; sexual assault (a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat)
Derivation:
molest (harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to)
