6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
verb harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
verb annoy continually or chronically
originFrom Middle English molesten, from Old French molester, from Latin molestō (“to trouble, annoy, molest”), from molestus (“troublesome”), from moles (“a burden, difficulty, labor, trouble”); see mole.
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