Molest \Mo*lest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Molested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Molesting}.] [F. molester, L. molestare, fr. molestus troublesome, fr. moles a heavy mass, load, burden. See 3d {Mole}.] To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.
They have molested the church with needless opposition. --Hooker.
Syn: To trouble; disturb; incommode; inconvenience; annoy; vex; tease.
Molest \Mo*lest"\, n. Molestation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Three victims said that was how Marks found the boys he would molest.
Mike Dow said detectives believe Franklin killed the girl because he had tried to sexually molest her.
Minkow told jurors he was threatened with broken limbs or death if he didn't run his business according to the dictates of two men _ one who he said tried to sexually molest him and the other "a Nazi" who defamed Minkow's Jewish heritage.
He forced them to "drop their pants" and directed male hostages to sexually molest them with carrots he brought with him, said Phil Kim, an architecture student who escaped early in the siege.
A woman's recollection of watching her father molest and kill a playmate with a rock 21 years ago is full of inconsistencies, his lawyer said Wednesday at the start of his murder trial.