See molest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "tūkino"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "takakino"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "whakakino"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "whakakinokino"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "turatura"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "antaste"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to abuse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "molestować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "molestar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sovraščatʹ",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "совращать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "rastlevatʹ",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "растлевать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "acosar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to abuse",
"word": "antasta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "bezpokoja",
"sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
"word": "безпокоя"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
"word": "häiritä"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "molestować"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
"word": "störa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to disturb or tamper with",
"word": "ofreda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "To sexually assault or sexually harass",
"word": "abusar sexualmente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "To sexually assault or sexually harass",
"word": "molestar sexualmente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "To sexually assault or sexually harass",
"word": "acosar sexualmente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "To sexually assault or sexually harass",
"word": "apalpar indebidamente"
}
],
"word": "molest"
}
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