molest
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Molest no man's property except of military necessity.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.
The sultan comes, impatient for his love; Conduct her hither; let no rude intrusion Molest these private walks, or care invade These hours, assign'd to pleasure and Irene.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel
Yes, they shall shudder—but will that, henceforth, Molest my privacy, or shake my power?
From Count Julian by Landor, Walter Savage
Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign.
From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham
I distinctly caught the lines—— "Of such as wandering near her sacred bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign."
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
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