molested

Definition of molestednext
past tense of molest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for molested
Verb
  • The addition of those provisions, the lawsuit argues, violated a requirement in the Missouri Constitution that laws only deal with one subject.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The lawsuit argues the freeze violated federal law, including the Administrative Procedure Act and constitutional limits on executive power and how Congress appropriates funds.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • On March 30, 2023, Howe conducted a traffic stop and arrested Shyla Wolf, who later complained to the police chief that she was mistreated by Howe.
    Clark Kauffman, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In a little over four months in prison, he's already filed official complaints claiming he's been mistreated, harassed and threatened by his fellow inmates.
    Michael Ruiz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Good, the 37-year-old mother fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, has mobilized people who haven't typically been politically involved but are outraged by the shooting, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg said in an interview.
    Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Black Lives Matter leaders, who hosted the Sunday night vigil, are outraged by what happened.
    Laurie Perez, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • For the second game running, Omari Hutchinson was too easily bullied off the ball in a dangerous area.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • By the time Zoe turns up dead, stabbed to death in her bathtub, Anna begins to put the pieces together that Lexi, her work nemesis, is actually Catherine—the girl her friends had bullied at school.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman.
    Holmes Lybrand, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn't hit by a car, wasn't being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman.
    Staff And Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The suit alleges that Ham abused her repeatedly over a number of years, and that defendants knew of the abuse, but instead chose to prioritize reputational and financial interests over her safety.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Canty, a former special agent in charge of the SBI’s Charlotte region office, resigned from the Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office in November 2024 and issued a letter then alleging that McFadden abused his powers.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Social media can’t replace offline resources for children who are being maltreated.
    Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Brock Lesnar's Road to WrestleMania The Beast brutalized Cena this past Saturday night and defeated him with relative ease after hitting six consecutive F-5's.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Gabe Kidd brutalized Ospreay, targeting the neck which he was set to have surgery on.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Molested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molested. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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