(v. t.) To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.
(n.) Molestation.
Example Sentences:
(1) This article describes a mini-unit to help teachers prevent molestation of elementary school children.
(2) "If everyone on Newsnight knew it was true that Savile was a paedophile, it should not have run a tribute to someone who was molesting girls in wheelchairs before they went on to Top of the Pops .
(3) Forty male and 40 female crisis center clients, evenly divided in terms of molestation history, were examined for possible long-term sequelae of sexual abuse.
(4) The ranges and means of the plasma testosterone level for the rapist and child molester controls were within normal limits.
(5) Sandusky was tried and convicted in 2012 of molesting 10 boys and was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.
(6) The move was made as pressure mounted on prosecutors to investigate alleged child molestation.
(7) The two groups of women reported similar sexual experiences at similar ages, except that significantly more women with somatization disorder had been molested as children.
(8) The chaddi [underwear] symbolises vulgarity, something Muthalik's men indulged in when they molested the girls in Mangalore, and pink adds shock value.
(9) Two-thirds of a sample of 535 young women from the state of Washington who became pregnant as adolescents had been sexually abused: Fifty-five percent had been molested, 42 percent had been victims of attempted rape and 44 percent had been raped.
(10) I thought at the time he was a relative and then he started kissing her and running his hands up and down her arms and then started to molest here and there wasn't a think I could do about it because I was laid on my back," she told BBC News.
(11) Donald Etra, Rihanna's attorney, has said he didn't think the strict rules were necessary, but that he and Rihanna favoured a less-stringent ruling that simply ordered Brown not to annoy, harass or molest the 21-year-old pop singer.
(12) Further analysis linked molestation history to suicidality, substance abuse, sexual difficulties, multiple psychiatric diagnoses, and axis II traits or disorders--especially borderline personality.
(13) Doctor Brown In 2011, the American Phil Burgers (AKA bearded silent comic Doctor Brown) performed the funniest comedy show on the fringe : a sexy, stoner clown show that delighted, intrigued and molested its audience.
(14) When Dunham’s own memoir, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” , was published this autumn, it was Gould who defended her (on Salon.com ) from rabid right-wing critics who characterised Dunham as a child molester for confessing to peeking at her sister’s vagina when she was seven.
(15) Kristof says Allen should be presumed innocent, but then says: When evidence is ambiguous, do we really need to leap to our feet and lionize an alleged molester?
(16) Being taught to hate your father and made to believe he molested you has already taken a psychological toll on this lovely young woman, and Soon-Yi [Allen’s wife] and I are both hoping that one day she will understand who has really made her a victim and reconnect with us.” The 2,000-word column, which Allen, 78, vowed would be his “final word” on the subject, was published on Friday in response to an open letter from Dylan a week earlier in which she repeated the longstanding accusations against her father .
(17) Both groups experienced the molestation as highly traumatic.
(18) In 2006, two adult men publicly accused Kolko of molesting them as children, one in the late 1960s, another in the mid 1980s.
(19) Thornton was recovering from an operation herself when she said she saw Savile "kissing her neck, running his hands up and down her arms, and then started to molest her".
(20) The experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation; that Dylan Farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality; and that Dylan Farrow had likely been coached by her mother, Mia Farrow.
Molestation
Definition:
(n.) The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.
Example Sentences:
(1) This article describes a mini-unit to help teachers prevent molestation of elementary school children.
(2) "If everyone on Newsnight knew it was true that Savile was a paedophile, it should not have run a tribute to someone who was molesting girls in wheelchairs before they went on to Top of the Pops .
(3) Forty male and 40 female crisis center clients, evenly divided in terms of molestation history, were examined for possible long-term sequelae of sexual abuse.
(4) The ranges and means of the plasma testosterone level for the rapist and child molester controls were within normal limits.
(5) Sandusky was tried and convicted in 2012 of molesting 10 boys and was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.
(6) The move was made as pressure mounted on prosecutors to investigate alleged child molestation.
(7) The two groups of women reported similar sexual experiences at similar ages, except that significantly more women with somatization disorder had been molested as children.
(8) The chaddi [underwear] symbolises vulgarity, something Muthalik's men indulged in when they molested the girls in Mangalore, and pink adds shock value.
(9) Two-thirds of a sample of 535 young women from the state of Washington who became pregnant as adolescents had been sexually abused: Fifty-five percent had been molested, 42 percent had been victims of attempted rape and 44 percent had been raped.
(10) I thought at the time he was a relative and then he started kissing her and running his hands up and down her arms and then started to molest here and there wasn't a think I could do about it because I was laid on my back," she told BBC News.
(11) Donald Etra, Rihanna's attorney, has said he didn't think the strict rules were necessary, but that he and Rihanna favoured a less-stringent ruling that simply ordered Brown not to annoy, harass or molest the 21-year-old pop singer.
(12) Further analysis linked molestation history to suicidality, substance abuse, sexual difficulties, multiple psychiatric diagnoses, and axis II traits or disorders--especially borderline personality.
(13) Doctor Brown In 2011, the American Phil Burgers (AKA bearded silent comic Doctor Brown) performed the funniest comedy show on the fringe : a sexy, stoner clown show that delighted, intrigued and molested its audience.
(14) When Dunham’s own memoir, Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s “Learned” , was published this autumn, it was Gould who defended her (on Salon.com ) from rabid right-wing critics who characterised Dunham as a child molester for confessing to peeking at her sister’s vagina when she was seven.
(15) Kristof says Allen should be presumed innocent, but then says: When evidence is ambiguous, do we really need to leap to our feet and lionize an alleged molester?
(16) Being taught to hate your father and made to believe he molested you has already taken a psychological toll on this lovely young woman, and Soon-Yi [Allen’s wife] and I are both hoping that one day she will understand who has really made her a victim and reconnect with us.” The 2,000-word column, which Allen, 78, vowed would be his “final word” on the subject, was published on Friday in response to an open letter from Dylan a week earlier in which she repeated the longstanding accusations against her father .
(17) Both groups experienced the molestation as highly traumatic.
(18) In 2006, two adult men publicly accused Kolko of molesting them as children, one in the late 1960s, another in the mid 1980s.
(19) Thornton was recovering from an operation herself when she said she saw Savile "kissing her neck, running his hands up and down her arms, and then started to molest her".
(20) The experts concluded there was no credible evidence of molestation; that Dylan Farrow had an inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality; and that Dylan Farrow had likely been coached by her mother, Mia Farrow.