molestation
pronunciation
How to pronounce molestation in British English:
UK [ˌmɒle'steɪʃn]
How to pronounce molestation in American English:
US [ˌmɒle'steɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
- the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
Word Origin
- molestation (n.)
- c. 1400, "action of annoying or vexing," from Old French molestacion "vexation, harassing," and directly from Medieval Latin molestationem (nominative molestatio), noun of action from past participle stem of molestare (see molest). It meant "the harassing of a person in his possession or occupation of lands" in Scottish law; in English common law it came to mean "injury inflicted upon another."
Example
- 1. When it comes to molestation , the accused is almost always considered guilty as charged .
- 2. About 18 % of molestation cases took place inside or near a subway in 2010 , according to the tokyo police .
- 3. Sources say new suspicions about child molestation are behind a massive police raid on the home of pop star michael jackson .
- 4. A spokeswoman for the prosecution authority said assange was still suspected of the lesser crime of molestation in a separate case , the associated press reported .
- 5. A swedish prosecutor said she would open a formal investigation into an allegation that wikileaks founder julian assange engaged in ' molestation ' of a woman .