Crossword clues for molestation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Molestation \Mol`es*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. molestation.] The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "action of annoying or vexing," from Old French molestacion "vexation, harassing," and directly from Medieval Latin molestationem (nominative molestatio), noun of action from past participle stem of molestare (see molest). It meant "the harassing of a person in his possession or occupation of lands" in Scottish law; in English common law it came to mean "injury inflicted upon another."
Wiktionary
n. 1 the act of molesting 2 the state of being molested
WordNet
n. the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)
the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism [syn: harassment]
Usage examples of "molestation".
Hamilton, governor of Pennsylvania, communicated this intelligence to the assembly of the province, and represented the necessity of erecting truck-houses, or places of strength and security, on the river Ohio, to which the traders might retire in case of insult or molestation.
Non-combatants suffered considerable temporary and incidental molestation during warfare, there was a certain amount of raping and looting, devastation to destroy supplies, pressed labour and spy-hunting on a scale which amounted in most cases to little more than an exacerbation of normal criminality.
Twenty years later I found all the doors in Spain with a bolt outside, so that travellers were, as if they had been in prison, exposed to the outrageous molestation of nocturnal visits from the police.
Is Lolita a vixen seductress or the innocent victim of molestation and exploitation?
And the extreeme molestation and sorrowe of the enterers in, is this: In the myddle mountayne within the center thereof, and open mouth of the same, there lurketh inuisibly a deadly deuouring olde Dragon, hee is vtter destruction to some, and others are not hurte to death by him.
Hervorden, and formed the rear guard, passed the Weser on the side of Remen, without any molestation, and encamped at Holtzuysen.
I have seen Galba, and have strongly represented to him the whole facts of the case, and I have, under his hand, a free pardon for yourself and all your followers, who are permitted to go wheresoever they please, without molestation from any.
Twenty years later I found all the doors in Spain with a bolt outside, so that travellers were, as if they had been in prison, exposed to the outrageous molestation of nocturnal visits from the police.
The freedom to come and go without molestation by the sea beggars is cheaply purchased at the price of provisions which do not cost many crowns.
Vachss has also created a special legal practice that has earned him international recognition as one of the very few lawyers who will represent only children and youths victimised by abuse, neglect, molestation or incest.
In the meantime, how does Prince Bayan suggest I protect my servants from rape and molestation?
But molestation was extremely rare in a society where complete fulfillment was the norm from puberty on, and the only social limit imposed on sexual activity was the mild one of pressure in favor of privacy, a kind of modesty imposed by the communality of life.
I also compassed thee about, and afflicted thee on every side, that I might make thee weary of thy ways, and bring down thy heart with molestation to a willingness to close with thy good and happiness.
Several weeks having passed without molestation, La Motte dismissed all apprehension of pursuit, and at length became tolerably reconciled to the complection of his circumstances.
It was a kidnap-murder near Stamford, Connecticut, and nearly eight months went by before they collared the bastard, a real sleazebag pedophile with a long record of molestation, child porn, the works.