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molestation

[ moh-le-stey-shuhn, mol-e- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

touching a nonconsenting person, especially a child, in a sexual manner: sexual abuse.
He was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation and child abuse.
an act or instance of interference with or violence against someone:
Under the terms of the citadel’s surrender, the Persians were allowed to pass without molestation through the midst of the Roman army.

First recorded in 1600–10; molest ( def ) + -ation ( def )

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