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词汇 molestation
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Definition of molestation in English:

molestation

noun mɒlɛˈsteɪʃ(ə)nməʊlɛˈsteɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1Sexual assault or abuse of a person, especially a woman or child.

    he was tried for molestation of two young girls
    count noun the boy said the alleged molestations occurred two days apart
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The poems, the songs, the quotes—all of them have a link to child abuse or child molestation.
    • A previously unseen video became key evidence in the child molestation trial yesterday.
    • It became his unexpected collaboration with a family destroyed by the (still unproven) accusation of sexual molestation of children.
    • He faithfully records the man's sex acts, which include the molestation of hundreds of children, with calm, calculated efficiency.
    • Child molestation is an ugly topic to begin with.
    • If you're about to flame me just for mentioning child molestation in my fiction, please wait a few chapters first.
    • He has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony charges of child molestation.
    • Despite admitting to previous acts of molestation for which he was never charged, he denied all the charges made against him.
    • If questioned, he would probably be too ashamed to verify any molestation.
    • He was convicted at various times for auto theft, selling narcotics, blackmail, and child molestation.
  • 2dated The action of pestering or harassing someone in an aggressive or persistent manner.

    the soldiers were allowed to depart without molestation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These peoples agreed that none of them would make peace with the Blackfeet until the latter "shall permit them to hunt without molestation on the buffalo plains."
    • They solicited civic protection for their own conscientious practice of religion, pleading freedom from all oppression and molestation.
    • The Emperor agrees that British subjects shall be allowed to carry on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint, at these designated cities and towns.
    • These visitors could sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation.
    • They were granted their property rights, without molestation from any, "accepting any lands that doth or may appeer of right to belonge to any Indian or Indians."

Definition of molestation in US English:

molestation

nounˌmōˌleˈstāSHən
  • 1Sexual assault or abuse of a person, especially a woman or child.

    he was tried for molestation of two young girls
    the boy said the alleged molestations occurred two days apart
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was convicted at various times for auto theft, selling narcotics, blackmail, and child molestation.
    • He has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony charges of child molestation.
    • He faithfully records the man's sex acts, which include the molestation of hundreds of children, with calm, calculated efficiency.
    • A previously unseen video became key evidence in the child molestation trial yesterday.
    • It became his unexpected collaboration with a family destroyed by the (still unproven) accusation of sexual molestation of children.
    • Despite admitting to previous acts of molestation for which he was never charged, he denied all the charges made against him.
    • Child molestation is an ugly topic to begin with.
    • If questioned, he would probably be too ashamed to verify any molestation.
    • The poems, the songs, the quotes—all of them have a link to child abuse or child molestation.
    • If you're about to flame me just for mentioning child molestation in my fiction, please wait a few chapters first.
  • 2dated The action of pestering or harassing someone in an aggressive or persistent manner.

    the soldiers were allowed to depart without molestation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These peoples agreed that none of them would make peace with the Blackfeet until the latter "shall permit them to hunt without molestation on the buffalo plains."
    • The Emperor agrees that British subjects shall be allowed to carry on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint, at these designated cities and towns.
    • They solicited civic protection for their own conscientious practice of religion, pleading freedom from all oppression and molestation.
    • These visitors could sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation.
    • They were granted their property rights, without molestation from any, "accepting any lands that doth or may appeer of right to belonge to any Indian or Indians."
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