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molester

[ muh-les-ter ]

/ məˈlɛs tər /

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noun

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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rebirth; regeneration.

the recollection or remembrance of the past; reminiscence.

the purported ability to move inanimate objects through mental processes.

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Origin of molester

Words nearby molester

mole run, moleskin, moleskins, molest, molestation, molester, Molière, molilalia, Molina, moline, Molinism

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How to use molester in a sentence

The fact that he had credible evidence Nassar was a molester.
Simone Biles was abandoned by American Olympic officials, and the torment hasn’t stopped|Sally Jenkins|July 29, 2021|Washington Post
Those Christians may grasp at conspiratorial straws to excuse their diminishing political influence — an alleged group of anonymous child molesters would make the easiest of scapegoats.
QAnon? Far From Gone|Sean Culligan|June 25, 2021|Ozy
That’s what happened in Thunberg’s second example, in which detectives were looking for a suspected child molester who kept driving different vehicles to avoid detection.
Chula Vista Forum on a Controversial Police Program Got Awkward Fast|Gustavo Solis|April 12, 2021|Voice of San Diego
It claims that top Democrats are Satan-worshipping, blood-drinking child molesters.
Why the Republican cult of victimhood is so dangerous|Max Boot|December 11, 2020|Washington Post

He said he was 14 years old when a troop leader in Orlando molested him.
Boy Scouts must settle 95,000 abuse claims by next summer — or risk running out of cash|Samantha Schmidt|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Often Lamb comes off not as Chester the Molester, but instead as a recognizable and mostly sympathetic character.
Great Weekend Reads|Malcolm Jones, Lucy Scholes, Jacob Silverman, Drew Toal|September 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST