molesters

noun

plural of molester
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as in predators

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as in torturers

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molesters
  1. predators
  2. torturers
  3. robbers
  4. harassers
  5. tormentors
Noun
  • The crabs also burrow in the muddy seafloor to hide from predators and better withstand winter temperatures.
    — 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 predators
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 torturers
Noun
  • The robbers then fled the scene in a black sport-utility vehicle, police said.
    — Jacob Sarracino, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Aguilar drew his gun and fatally shot one of the robbers before he was killed.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of robbers
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
Definition of harassers
Noun
  • That their tormentors were not untouchable.
    — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
  • If the tormenters keep it up, grackles do eventually move.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of tormentors
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