The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Molest \Mo*lest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Molested; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Molesting.] [F. molester, L. molestare, fr. molestus
   troublesome, fr. moles a heavy mass, load, burden. See 3d
   Mole.]
   To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with;
   to vex.
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         They have molested the church with needless opposition.
                                                  --Hooker.
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   Syn: To trouble; disturb; incommode; inconvenience; annoy;
        vex; tease.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Molest \Mo*lest"\, n.
   Molestation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

molest
    v 1: harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
    2: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
       staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female
       co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
       chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest,
       provoke]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

132 Moby Thesaurus words for "molest":
   abuse, accost, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, attack, badger,
   bait, batter, be at, bedevil, befoul, beleaguer, beset, bewitch,
   blight, bother, bristle, brown off, bruise, buffet, bug, bullyrag,
   burn up, chafe, chivy, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage,
   defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, devil, disadvantage, discompose,
   disserve, distemper, distress, disturb, do a mischief, do evil,
   do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, dog,
   doom, envenom, exasperate, exercise, fash, gall, get,
   get into trouble, gripe, harass, harm, harry, heckle, hector, hex,
   hound, hunt, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, impair, infect, injure,
   interfere with, irk, irritate, jinx, knock about, maltreat,
   manhandle, maul, meddle with, menace, miff, mishandle, mistreat,
   nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, oppress, outrage, paw, peeve,
   persecute, pester, pick on, pique, plague, play havoc with,
   play hob with, pluck the beard, poison, pollute, pother, prejudice,
   provoke, pursue, ride, rile, roil, rough, rough up, ruffle, savage,
   scathe, taint, tease, threaten, torment, torture, trouble,
   try the patience, tweak the nose, vex, victimize, violate, worry,
   wound, wreak havoc on, wrong