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

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Etymology

Origin of molester

molest ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

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molester molesters

Like the time he randomly and falsely accused a complete stranger on the other side of the world of being a child molester, simply because the man had disagreed with him?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

She writes, “When I first saw the term child molester in a newspaper, I though it said child mole-ster, a job available to children, in which they would be paid for collecting moles.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022

He must set up, forsooth, for a molester of women,—the most silly, the most villanous, the most insane conduct in the world.

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni

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 Charles William Chadwick Oman

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