MOLESTATION Definition & Meaning

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molestation

[ moh-le-stey-shuhn, mol-e- ]

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noun

touching a nonconsenting person, especially a child, in a sexual manner: sexual abuse.
He was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious molestation and child abuse.
an act or instance of interference with or violence against someone:
Under the terms of the citadel’s surrender, the Persians were allowed to pass without molestation through the midst of the Roman army.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of molestation¹

First recorded in 1600–10; molest ( def ) + -ation ( def )

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In addition to charging the Darthards with Justin’s murder, prosecutors have charged the boy’s mother with felony child abuse and child molestation.

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Goularte, 46, still has pending felony child molestation charges, prosecutors said.

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Ruggia has said the accusations of sexual molestation are "pure lies".

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In 2023, another teacher at the school was arrested on child molestation charges.

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In 2014, the Los Angeles Archdiocese settled what it believed would be the last of its pending priest molestation lawsuits and imposed a series of reforms.

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