as in to mistreat
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Recent Examples of molest
On April 28, Palacios surrendered at the police department and was booked into Santa Clara County jail on charges related to annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18.
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
For the second time in less than a month, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy was molested by aggressive birds while on assignment.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025
Read Next National Foster dad molested, assaulted kids in his care, AZ officials say.
—Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
Judge Gina Jones declared a hung jury Friday after jurors couldn’t reach a verdict on the second day of deliberations in a Gary man’s child molesting trial.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
For the second time in less than a month, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy was molested by aggressive birds while on assignment.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 5 May 2025
Read Next National Foster dad molested, assaulted kids in his care, AZ officials say.
—Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
Judge Gina Jones declared a hung jury Friday after jurors couldn’t reach a verdict on the second day of deliberations in a Gary man’s child molesting trial.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molest
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The allegation that Afrikaners were being mistreated was at the center of an executive order Trump issued days later that cut all U.S. assistance to South Africa.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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Two shows on Netflix last year helped inject momentum into a slow-moving legal process, and new interest in the brothers’ fate was fueled by campaigns on TikTok and other social media by younger people who felt the brothers were mistreated in the 1990s.—
Tim Arango,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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In Minnesota, leaders are bracing for the possibility that Trump will pardon Chauvin, who is serving concurrent state and federal prison sentences for murder, violating Floyd's constitutional rights and other crimes.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The refrigerator was not cold enough and two cats roamed the shop, violating state food code.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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The lawsuit said Robinson harassed and assaulted his former housekeepers who worked at his Chatsworth home between 2006 and 2024.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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The message must be clear: Under this administration the IRS will serve the people—not harass them.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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As a team, the Celtics shot 4-for-20 from deep and were manhandled on the boards, with New York owning a 32-18 rebounding edge at halftime.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
17 May 2025
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Winning on the margins must replace manhandling inferior opponents, perhaps why base runners who rarely showed any aggression are now hunting an extra 90 feet with every ball put in play.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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One to One concert the duo organized as a response to Geraldo Rivera’s truly shocking exposé of the Willowbrook institution, where children with disabilities were horrifically maltreated and abused.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Even the first stage of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine - on the pretext of protecting Russian speakers being maltreated - parallels Hitler’s sending shock troops into Czechoslovakia to purportedly safeguard German speakers along the Czech borderlands.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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Then there’s Danaher, the worst of all, which has been brutalized by a lack of Chinese biotech offerings.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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Brewers reliever Trevor Megill took a pretty harsh stance on the new style of bats that were used to brutalize Milwaukee's pitching.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks.—
Jackie Northam,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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Several people were injured in a boat crash in the Hamptons on Sunday night, and the boat’s captain was arrested for boating under the influence, police said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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After Daniel is bullied by his classmates, he is encouraged to take karate lessons to defend himself.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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For Essiedu’s Snape, his story eventually leads to the revelation that he was relentlessly bullied by James Potter back in the ‘70s, hung upside down with magic at one point, and pining after Lily, James’ eventual wife.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Molest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molest. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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