as in to mistreat
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Recent Examples of molest
Read Next National Foster dad molested, assaulted kids in his care, AZ officials say.
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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
The employee, according to an interview from Rosen, was previously accused of molesting a 12-year-old, and Rosen said the worker had engaged in similar activity again.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
McGillis also claims that he was asked to appear in Boys Betrayed by Rand, who was a producer of the show, and was asked by Rand to lie about members of Menudo being molested.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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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
The employee, according to an interview from Rosen, was previously accused of molesting a 12-year-old, and Rosen said the worker had engaged in similar activity again.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2025
McGillis also claims that he was asked to appear in Boys Betrayed by Rand, who was a producer of the show, and was asked by Rand to lie about members of Menudo being molested.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molest
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Trump is working to weaponize immigration enforcement to create an increasingly brutal and unaccountable system — one where anyone could be mistreated, denied justice and left without recourse.—
Juan Vargas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2025
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Picasso was known for mistreating the women in his life.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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That was when the makers, Epic Games, included a direct payment option into the app, which violated Apple’s rules.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Penalties for violating the new rule can exceed $50,000.—
Monica Pitrelli,Bella Stoddart,
CNBC,
12 May 2025
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The dismissal came on the heels of a filing in the case by lawyers for L.A. County that alleged Villanueva was harassing Sheriff Robert Luna and members of the Board of Supervisors by trying to call them as witnesses at a potential civil trial.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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The agency also secured a $300,000 settlement for a mother, daughter and the daughter’s boyfriend in Oklahoma who were allegedly harassed and assaulted by neighbors because the boyfriend was Black, to which the landlord responded by trying to evict the mother.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
15 May 2025
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Grant manhandled weaker offensive linemen in college, but there are concerns about his game translating to the NFL.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Brito looked completely out of his depth as he was manhandled en route to a lopsided loss.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
5 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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The last time a Padres bullpen was brutalized like this over a five-game stretch was in 1977.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Here in Los Angeles, as in much of coastal California where the roads and highways are broken and brutalized due to overpopulation, a plush airbag suspension paired with this punchy hybrid powertrain would serve well, very well indeed.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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According to the Associated Press, no one was injured during the incident, citing court documents.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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Two people were injured and a dozen apartments left uninhabitable following an early morning fire Wednesday at a three-story apartment building, the second residential fire in Elgin in less than a week.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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There’s a lesson in that for anyone who chafes at Trump’s bullying tactics.—
Chris Brennan,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Topics covered include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, bullying and more, the release said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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“Molest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molest. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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