Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - molest
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Molest
molest
(molests, molesting, molested) A person who molests someone, especially a woman or a child, interferes with them in a sexual way against their will. He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague. VERB: V n • molestation Any case of sexual molestation of a child should be reported to the police. N-UNCOUNT • molester (molesters) He’d been publicly labeled a child molester. N-COUNT
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin ~are, from ~us burdensome, annoying; akin to Latin moles mass Date: 14th century 1. to annoy, disturb, or persecute especially with hostile intent or injurious effect 2. to make annoying sexual advances to; especially to force physical and usually sexual contact on • ~ation noun • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 annoy or pester (a person) in a hostile or injurious way. 2 attack or interfere with (a person), esp. sexually. Derivatives molestation n. molester n. Etymology: OF molester or L molestare annoy f. molestus troublesome ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. приставать, досаждать 2. нападать (на прохожих и т. п.) 3. привязываться, приставать из хулиганских побуждений (к малолетним, девушкам и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to attack or harm someone, especially a child, by touching them in a sexual way or trying to have sex with them (men who molest young boys) (- compare abuse2 (2)) 2 old-fashioned to attack and physically harm someone (a dog that was molesting sheep) - molester n - molestation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1385, from O.Fr. molester, from L. molestare "to disturb, trouble, annoy," from molestus "troublesome," related to moles "trouble, barrier." Meaning "sexually assault" first attested 1950. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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