molester

American  

[muh-les-ter] / məˈlɛs tər /

noun

molesters plural

1. a person who sexually assaults someone, especially a child.

   Offenders range from child pornography collectors, to molesters who use a child's body as a source of pleasure, to rapists.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• molesters
  plural

Etymology

Origin of molester

molest ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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molester molesters

A socialist, an accused molester and a vigilante all hoping to be New York's next mayor go head-to-head for a TV debate Thursday as the unpredictable campaign enters the homestretch.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

The interviewer, David Brody, falsely suggested that Josh Shapiro is a child molester, which should have been wacky enough for Mastriano.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2022

Supreme Court on Monday allowed a prominent climate scientist to pursue a defamation lawsuit against a conservative magazine and a think tank that compared him to a convicted child molester.

From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2019

And Bredesen wasn’t running against an alleged child molester.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2018

How could the criminal justice system put a child molester in the same category as a hacker?

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette

Mckenzie was named the crew’s “keyholder,” the youngest ever with that title, she said, with authority to kick thieves or molesters out of Hollywood tents and settle disputes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

In the process, they subjected Jackson to a vicious smear campaign implying that she has some special fondness for child molesters.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022

Comedian Louis C.K. made headlines back in 2015 after he made jokes about child molesters during his monologue on "SNL."

From Fox News ● Aug. 14, 2021

Roach said she only believes in prison for people such as mass murderers and child molesters.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2021

With the departure of the Ostrogoths we have seen our last of the Germans in the Balkan Peninsula; after 488 the Slavs take their place as the molesters of the Roman frontier on the Danube.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick