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Verb: molest  mu'lest
  1. Harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
     
  2. Annoy or hinder continually or in many ways
    "This man molests his female co-workers";
    - harass, hassle [informal], harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy [non-standard], beset, plague, provoke

Derived forms: molested, molests, molesting

Type of: annoy, assail, assault, attack, bother, chafe, devil, get at [informal], get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, rag, rile, roil [N. Amer], set on, tick off [informal], vex

Encyclopedia: Molest