MOLESTER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

molester

noun

Definition of molester

as in rapist

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as in tormentor

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Noun

Continue reading â¦ SOUTH OF THE BORDER â Dog the Bounty Hunter hunted Max Factor heir Andrew Luster to Mexico in 2003, now serial rapist is free.

— , FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
More news The recent release of a serial rapist is garnering outrage in the San Gabriel Valley community where the man, who is an heir to a cosmetics fortune, is reportedly residing.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of rapist

Noun

In plain sight It is being said that Brand was like Jimmy Savile – a predator hiding in plain sight, said John Sturgis in The Spectator.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 14 Nov. 2026
Dark clouds meant rain, a certain berry meant a sick stomach, and rustling grass might be wind or might be a predator.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of predator

Noun

Parton’s ability to become the harasser without falling into some version of male drag makes this short sequence far superior to the many films with a similar premise that followed.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
White stars can help by publicly supporting their Black colleagues, who are especially targeted by online trolls and harassers.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of harasser

Noun

Banks are where the money is, the old quick-cash saying goes (attributed to robber Willie Sutton).

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026
Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz and Anna Sawai lead the ensemble cast for the movie about a group of bank robbers who document their exploits on social media.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of robber

Noun

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

After the plague kills their son Hamnet, each parent is left to grieve alone.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
Tarantism is distinct from other dancing plagues Tarantism, a historical psychological and social phenomenon that led to anxiety, melancholia, and uncontrollable movement, ran rapidly throughout southern Italy from the 11th to the 17th century.

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of plague

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