as in to mistreat
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Recent Examples of molest
Rogers was interviewed later as part of a criminal investigation against the man, but denied being molested by him, court records show.
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Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
The pair were accused of starving their daughter, who prosecutors said was molested by her older half-brother in exchange for food.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
Lyle, whose trial testimony about being molested was broadcast on national television, discovered that his fame could help others.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In 911 audio, a caller said the suspect threw a knife at him, attempted to molest him and stole his BB gun.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
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Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
The pair were accused of starving their daughter, who prosecutors said was molested by her older half-brother in exchange for food.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2025
Lyle, whose trial testimony about being molested was broadcast on national television, discovered that his fame could help others.
—Tim Arango, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In 911 audio, a caller said the suspect threw a knife at him, attempted to molest him and stole his BB gun.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molest
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People who get mistreated have usually done something to bring it on themselves.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
20 June 2025
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As the noise pierced through the house day and night, keeping her children awake, Natalie was concerned about dogs possibly being mistreated nearby.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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Its Senate passage could come as soon as Monday after days of delay due to the parliamentarian, a nonpartisan Senate rules referee, determining that dozens of provisions violated the Byrd Rule.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
29 June 2025
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The family of 17-year-old Victor Perez, an autistic teenager who was shot nine times by police officers in Idaho earlier this year, is suing the Pocatello Police Department (PPD) over claims that officers violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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In January, Native Americans alleged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were harassing tribal members.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Federal authorities have called Iran the world's largest state sponsor of terror, and the FBI says the Iranian government has both imprisoned Americans within its territory on unsubstantiated charges and harassed and even killed dissidents in exile.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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Federal agents manhandled California Sen. Alex Padilla out of the room, shoved him down onto his knees and handcuffed him.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Brooks died at a hospital in Utica on Dec. 9, a day after he was punched, kicked, choked and manhandled by multiple officers at Marcy Correctional Facility — while handcuffed to a medical examination table.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
14 May 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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Which ones brutalize a fan base, scarring them for generations?—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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By contrast, Pacific Palisades, another area that was brutalized by fire, had already established an official record of its cultural heritage via SurveyLA, a historic resources survey conducted by the city.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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In May 2021, Ariely’s home was destroyed in a barrage of rocket fire from Gaza that killed two women and injured more than 90 people.—
Jean Marbella,
Baltimore Sun,
19 June 2025
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The plane broke apart, killing all six people onboard and injuring eight people on the ground.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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In the extreme, influencers are building social-media empires by bullying women into cutting calories and exercising for hours a day.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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One more user reminded viewers to learn from the online bullying fellow islander Huda Mustafa, a 24-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, faced earlier in the season.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
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“Molest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molest. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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