[məˈlɛst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- sexually assault or abuse (a person, especially a child)
(e.g: he was charged with molesting the boy)

- pester or harass (someone) in an aggressive or persistent manner
(e.g: he had been arrested for being drunk and molesting passers-by)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, vex’): from Old French molester or Latin molestare ‘annoy’, from molestus ‘troublesome’