A person who molests someone, especially a woman or a child, interferes with them in a sexual way against their will. He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague. + molestation mo·les·ta·tion Any case of sexual molestation of a child should be reported to the police. + molester molesters mo·lest·er He'd been publicly labeled a child molester
[ m&-'lest ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French molester, from Latin molestare, from molestus burdensome, annoying; akin to Latin moles mass.