molestation
Example Sentences
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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
Similarly, while I understand that Dylan Farrow has claimed that Woody Allen molested her as a child, Allen has always denied the molestation allegation and he was never charged with that crime after extensive investigation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2020
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
