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单词 molestation
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molestation

/məʊlɛˈsteɪʃ(ə)n / /mɒlɛˈsteɪʃ(ə)n /
noun [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
2 dated The action of pestering or harassing someone in an aggressive or persistent manner: the soldiers were allowed to depart without 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.
  • 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.
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