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[moh-le-stay-shuhn, mol-e-] / ˌmoʊ lɛˈsteɪ ʃən, ˌmɒl ɛ- /






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Rep. Tim Bonner, a Republican from Mercer and a former prosecutor who handled child molestation cases, said making the legislation retroactive was the right thing to do.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

Like Jackson, who was acquitted in 2005 of child molestation, Brown is a divisive figure.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022

Hashtags such as #arrestzubair began trending and exactly a month later, Delhi police called him to question him about a photograph he had posted of a man accused of molestation.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022

Janet Jackson is opening up about how she dealt with the public fallout of her late brother Michael Jackson amid the pop icon's 2005 trial on allegations of child molestation.

From Fox News ● Jan. 3, 2022

He let Johnny have his rig and also wrote him a pass which would prevent any molestation from the Whig mobs and told Cilia to get a similar pass from the British soldiers.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Steinsapir, who emphasized that the alleged molestations took place in Jackson’s home, not in workplaces, replied, “Could my law firm tell me who I’m allowed to be with in my own home?”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Delhi police records released in February showed a small drop in reported rapes and molestations last year, and 10% fall in offences against women overall.

From The Guardian ● May 4, 2017

To this the German version bears little resemblance: there was merely an orderly demonstration against "molestations" of German girls by Polish officials, and Gustav Gruebner was plugged for no reason at all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Probus, settled in his seat, addressed himself to the regular business of those times,—to the reduction of insurgent provinces, and the liberation of others from hostile molestations.

From The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey

Sometimes to spend the day more agreeably, and avoid the molestations of the hunters, who often came to our island, we went to the island of Bokos, situated to the east of Safal.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Patrick Maxwell


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