molester

noun

Definition of molesternext
1
as in rapist

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as in tormentor

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molester
  1. rapist
  2. tormentor
  3. predator
  4. harasser
  5. robber
  6. torturer
  7. plague
Noun
  • An impromptu blind date with a handsome rapist ends with Esther punching him square in the nose, his blood gushing through her fingers.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • The roommate also reported an exchange that suggested her rapist may have encountered Sebold in the past.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of rapist
Noun
  • There’s Chris Hargensen (Alison Thornton), Carrie’s chief tormentor at public school — the one who famously pours pig’s blood on the girl at prom.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
  • Lionel Messi is an all-timer (not to mention a frequent Atlanta United tormentor) and, at 39 years old, this may be his last World Cup.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of tormentor
Noun
  • The predator that found paradise Blue crabs swarmed quietly for decades around the Po Delta lagoons.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • At the same time, the bath shouldn’t be tucked so deeply into dense landscaping that predators can hide nearby.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
Definition of predator
Noun
  • There is just no defending that behavior, and the harasser/scumbag should walk the plank, so to speak.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
Definition of harasser
Noun
  • An armed robber from Brooklyn named David Brumetti opened another hole in the prosecution case.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Police identified the robber as Best after a teller gave a description of the robber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026
Definition of robber
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  • Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of torturer
Noun
  • Like plague-spreading fleas, these animals can pose real harms to humans, but the category of pest need not be tied to an objective assessment of risk.
    — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • Ragusa’s rocky soil was too poor to feed its people, so grain came in by ship from Sicily and the Levant, and plague often rode in with it.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
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