molester

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Noun
  • Aemond is a murderer, Aegon is a rapist; if either of them ends up on the Iron Throne for good, that would be a disaster.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • Serial Westport rapist Gary Lee Jackman has died, according to an announcement from the Missouri Department of Corrections.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • So Jacob is now related to his tormentor.
    Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • In Britain, all the large predators had long since been exterminated and the smaller ones (like foxes) were ruthlessly persecuted.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
  • Adorned with almost graphically violent labels showcasing alpha predators -- a shark, a grizzly, an orca, a lion and some sort of particularly angry bird of prey -- the bottles are a far cry from the placid villas and languorous ladies plastered across so many wines.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
    Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • The robbers got off the bus, and were taken into police custody soon afterward, police said.
    Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • In this new collection, Georgia poet laureate Chelsea Rathburn explores a hardscrabble childhood in Florida and her family of colorful characters including a sometimes-homeless bag lady and a notorious bank robber.
    Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
    Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Incredibly, one of Schiller's torturers, Jorge Delgado - the Sun Gym member who had first told Lugo about Schiller and his millions - ended up helping the federal government make their case.
    Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Why did the plague kill so many children?
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 June 2026
  • Willerslev and other researchers looked for traces of plague-causing bacteria in remains from four cemeteries near Siberia's Lake Baikal.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
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“Molester.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molester. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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