molest

From Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestare (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole.

molest (third-person singular simple present molests, present participle molesting, simple past and past participle molested)

1. To annoy intentionally.
2. To disturb or tamper with.
   • Hooker

     They have molested the church with needless opposition.

3. To sexually assault or sexually harass, especially a minor.

• molester
• molestful

• molestation

• molest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• molest in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• motels

From Dutch molest.

molest

1. (law) damage from war.

• “molest” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.