Another survey found that 51 per cent of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment in their working lives.
...racial harassment...
The party has accused the police of harassment.
English dictionary. 2008.
Harassment (UK) — Harassment in the United Kingdom is a topic which in the past couple of decades has been taken increasingly seriously and has been the subject of a number of pieces of major legislation. This article is intended to outline the procedure behind… … Wikipedia
Harassment — refers to a wide spectrum of offensive behaviour. The term commonly refers to behaviour intended to disturb or upset, and, when the term is used in a legal sense, it refers to behaviours which are found threatening or disturbing. Sexual… … Wikipedia
harassment — har‧ass‧ment [ˈhærəsmənt, həˈræsmənt] noun [uncountable] LAW HUMAN RESOURCES when someone is treated in an unpleasant or threatening way: • The alleged harassment took place at the company s head office. ˌracial ˈharassment LAW … Financial and business terms
harassment — index aggravation (annoyance), infliction, nuisance, oppression Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Harassment — Har ass*ment ( ment), n. The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety. [1913 Webster] Little harassments which I am led to suspect do occasionally molest the most fortunate. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harassment — (n.) 1753, from HARASS (Cf. harass) + MENT (Cf. ment) … Etymology dictionary
harassment — [n] badgering aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, bother, bothering, disturbance, exasperation, hassle, irking, irritation, molestation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, pestering, provocation, provoking, torment, trouble, vexation, vexing;… … New thesaurus
harassment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ racial, sexual ▪ police ▪ constant, continual VERB + HARASSMENT ▪ be subject to … Collocations dictionary
harassment — har|ass|ment [ˈhærəsmənt, həˈræsmənt] n [U] when someone behaves in an unpleasant or threatening way towards you ▪ African Americans have been complaining about police harassment for years. harassment of ▪ Political parties are banned, and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
harassment — As defined in federal statute providing for a civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness, is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate… … Black's law dictionary
harassment — As defined in federal statute providing for a civil action to restrain harassment of a victim or witness, is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate… … Black's law dictionary
