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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
molest/məˈlest/

▶verb

1 assault or abuse sexually.

2 dated pester or harass in a hostile way.

– derivatives
molestation noun,
molester noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. molester or L. molestare ‘annoy’, from molestus ‘troublesome’.

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