"groping" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1983, Elizabeth Wilson, What is to be done about violence against women? (part 3, page 177)",
          "text": "Sexual harassment may include rape or attempted rape; it may include gropings, touching up and suggestive remarks."
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          "text": "But we now look at the Met's westerly gropings. These began from the new, south-westerly pointing annexe at Paddington - Paddington (Praed Street). From there the Met marched on Bayswater (now Queensway), Notting Hill Gate, High Street Kensington and Gloucester Road before effecting its rendezvous with the District at South Kensington in December 1868.",
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