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molestation

[moh-le-stay-shuhn, mol-e-] / ˌmoʊ lɛˈsteɪ ʃən, ˌmɒl ɛ- /






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Netflix has announced a new three-part docuseries that will revisit the 2005 trial in which Michael Jackson was acquitted on charges of child molestation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Supreme Court reversed the state child molestation convictions of McGirt because he is Native American and the crime occurred on a tribal reservation that was never disestablished by Congress.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 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

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

Steinsapir, who emphasized that the alleged molestations took place in Jackson’s home, not in workplaces, replied, “Could my law firm tell me who I’m allowed to be with in my own home?”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Delhi police records released in February showed a small drop in reported rapes and molestations last year, and 10% fall in offences against women overall.

From The Guardian ● May 4, 2017

To this the German version bears little resemblance: there was merely an orderly demonstration against "molestations" of German girls by Polish officials, and Gustav Gruebner was plugged for no reason at all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fourteen examples were chosen for the "Thaumatographia Pneumatica," as "remarkable histories" of molestations from evil spirits, and Mather said of them, "that no reasonable man in this whole country ever did question them."

From The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by John M. (John Metcalf) Taylor

They were tired of these molestations, and it was so easy, so convenient to shield one's self against them!

From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach


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