#molestation  tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism
  supertype:  #mistreatment  the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"
  subtype:  #baiting  harassment especially of a tethered animal
  subtype:  #badgering__worrying__torment__bedevilment  the act of harassing someone
  subtype:  #sexual_harassment  unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee
  subtype:  #tease__teasing  the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
  subtype:  #witch-hunt__witchhunt  searching out and harassing dissenters
     subtype:  #McCarthyism  unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)

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