different between raped vs molest

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?pt

Verb

raped

1. simple past tense and past participle of rape

Anagrams

• Padre, drape, dreap, padre, pared, repad

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l?st/

Verb

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.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     They have molested the church with needless opposition.
3. To sexually assault or sexually harass (a minor).

Derived terms

• molester
• molestful

Related terms

• molestation

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• motels

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch molest.

Noun

molest

1. (law) damage from war.

Further reading

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