molest
verb
[ məˈlɛst ]
• assault or abuse (a person, especially a woman or child) sexually.
• "he was charged with molesting and taking obscene photographs of a ten-year-old boy"
Similar:
abuse,
sexually abuse,
assault,
sexually assault,
interfere with,
rape,
violate,
attack,
hurt,
harm,
injure,
maul,
grope,
paw,
ravish,
• pester or harass (someone) in an aggressive or persistent manner.
• "he had been arrested for being drunk and molesting passers-by"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, vex’): from Old French molester or Latin molestare ‘annoy’, from molestus ‘troublesome’.
