as in to mistreat
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Recent Examples of molest
He was convicted in Cobb County, Georgia of molesting an 11-year-old child in 1989.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
Originally charged with dozens of offenses, Chavez Sr. — along with his son, a former prison corrections officer — were accused of molesting girls in Chavez’s care for years.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Alongside molesting the 13-year-old boy, police interviews showed that Zamora could have been grooming another student.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Hannah Tubbs is a transgender California inmate who, at 17 years old, was convicted of molesting a young girl in a Denny's bathroom in 2017.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
Originally charged with dozens of offenses, Chavez Sr. — along with his son, a former prison corrections officer — were accused of molesting girls in Chavez’s care for years.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Alongside molesting the 13-year-old boy, police interviews showed that Zamora could have been grooming another student.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Hannah Tubbs is a transgender California inmate who, at 17 years old, was convicted of molesting a young girl in a Denny's bathroom in 2017.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molest
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In some cases, the animals were mistreated and have found a sanctuary at the rescue.—
Dana Cadey,
The Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2025
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Kingsley’s political views thus display a tension between his desire to alleviate the sufferings of the poor and mistreated and his racist tendency to blame groups for their own poor conditions.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey was among those saying the group had not violated any laws.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Investigators subsequently tracked down and arrested Nathan on a charge of violating an injunction barring contact with the child and her mother.—
David J. Neal and,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2025
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Kanye West is facing yet another lawsuit from a former employee, this time from a Jewish Yeezy staffer who claims the rapper harassed her and routinely praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Takeaways Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish defensive effort included six blocks and 16 steals in addition to harassing Stanford into 31% shooting. Stanford: If Agara’s injury is long term, a rough season is about to get even rougher for the Cardinal.—
Curt Rallo,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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But much of the NL Central seems stagnant, the NL West has the Colorado Rockies to kick around, and the NL East can manhandle the Miami Marlins.—
Chad Jennings,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Arrested, we were manhandled and taken at frighteningly high speeds to a Polish police station.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Lie number 2: Israel has been oppressing and maltreating Palestinians (and denying them a state) for 75 years.—
Efrem Sigel,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2024
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In 2022, the World Health Organization estimated that 1 billion children were maltreated each year around the globe.—
Marc D. Hauser,
TIME,
3 Apr. 2024
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Trump has brutalized the media and is a big reason trust has eroded in the fourth estate.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
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Inside the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, the soldiers liberated roughly 7,000 prisoners who had been brutalized by a Nazi regime hell-bent on exterminating the Jewish people.—
Jesse Kirsch,
NBC News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The victim was not seriously injured in the attack, but sought treatment at an area hospital.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The pilot and co-pilot were killed, the São Paulo state military police told Newsweek, and two people on the street where the aircraft crashed were injured.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Just like the previous derby at Goodison, a 2-0 defeat last April, they got bullied at times and were knocked out of their stride.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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This past Sunday’s Super Bowl blowout — the Philadelphia Eagles bullied the two-time reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 – represents a blueprint for the 49ers’ future success.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Molest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molest. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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