harassment
noun[U]
uk/ˈhær.əs.mənt//həˈræs.mənt/us/həˈræs.mənt//ˈher.əs.mənt/C1
behaviourthatannoysorupsetssomeone:
骚扰行为sexualharassment性骚扰
- Attitudesseemto bechangingas aresultofrecenthighlypublicizedcasesofsexualharassment.
- Allegations ofsexualharassment haveledtodisciplinaryproceedingsbeing taken against threenavalofficers.
- Sexual harassment in theworkplaceis not atrivialmatter.
- Thelawcan nowprotectpeoplefrom harassment.
- Theallegedharassment tookplaceover twoyears.
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw dealidiom
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- infliction
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
- victimization