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

Neither would say whether they believed Jackson was a child molester, and both said they did not see adjudicating that question as their role.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

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

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

“I’ve got child molesters, I’ve got aggravated felons, I’ve got more important people to go after,” said an officer who works the southern part of the country.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2022

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

As it was he departed quite uncertain as to whether one of us was not the real "god of the Mountain," who had power to bring hideous death upon his molesters.

From When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by Henry Rider Haggard