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molesting

verb

Definition of molestingnext
present participle of molest
as in mistreating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molesting
  1. violating
  2. harassing
  3. harming
  4. bullying
  5. injuring
Verb
  • Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district.
    Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That year, the campaign finance regulator separately found that Wyss’s groups failed to provide evidence of certain grant agreements upon conservatives accusing him of violating laws on foreign nationals making donations.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of violating
Verb
  • Sources have told Fox News Digital that the LGBTQ activists at the event were harassing the protesters on the other side, and even disrupted a women's prayer group during a prayer circle prior to the meeting.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Two months earlier, Hawkins had been charged with harassing a woman and throwing bleach on her, but had been released without bail, the New York Daily News reports.
    KC Baker, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of harassing
Verb
  • The fate of the company remains uncertain, and efforts to preserve its American roots could end up harming workers in Pennsylvania in the long run.
    Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The lack of support from the zonal defenders has been harming United’s goalkeepers because there are only two man-markers in the defensive setup.
    Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of harming
Verb
  • Instead, there was a fast, tough, physical team flying around and making big-time plays, bullying the big-boy Tar Heels.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • LeBron James scored 32 points one game after setting the NBA’s all-time minutes record for regular-season games, bullying the Kings on the offensive end while grabbing four steals on the defensive end.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of bullying
Verb
  • The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of injuring
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