molesters

Definition of molestersnext
plural of molester

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for molesters
Noun
  • While an armadillo may think flipping onto its back and curling into a ball protects it from predators, the move actually leaves it more vulnerable, said Tori Larned, a spokeswoman for Builders Movement.
    Aarón Torres, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The disguise simultaneously repels birds and larger predators, who have no interest in eating what appears to be excrement, while luring in the spider’s next dinner.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The prisoners got out and the saw the torturers.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
  • As my experience showed, a heavy reliance on physical abuse makes for proficient torturers, not skilled interrogators.
    Elizabeth Tsurkov, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Moreover, when harassers disproportionately target women, people of color and LGBTQ officials, entire communities are systematically excluded from participation in self-governance.
    Ernestine Nettles, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Only one piece, Empress Eugenie’s crown, has been recovered after it was dropped during the robbers’ escape.
    Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The group of four robbers was able to bypass security systems and used power tools to break into the Louvre to steal invaluable jewels once worn by France’s queens and empresses, officials told NBC News after the robbery.
    Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And her tormentors are all abruptly, painfully departing the scene or, at the very least, becoming ensnared in one humiliation after another.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Molesters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molesters. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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