{
    "term": "molest",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "molest",
            "heSheIt": "molests"
        },
        "pastSimple": "molested",
        "pastParticiple": "molested",
        "ingForm": "molesting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to attack somebody, especially a child, sexually",
            "sensetop": "molest somebody",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "abuse"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to attack somebody physically",
            "sensetop": "molest somebody",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The couple were molested while walking through the park."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlest/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molest__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlests/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molests__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlestɪd/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molested__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlestɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molesting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlest/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molest__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlests/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molests__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlestɪd/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molested__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈlestɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mo/molest/molesting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘cause trouble to, vex’): from Old French molester or Latin molestare ‘annoy’, from molestus ‘troublesome’."
}