harassment
1Harassment (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… …
2Harassment — 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… …
3harassment — 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 …
4harassment — index aggravation (annoyance), infliction, nuisance, oppression Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5Harassment — 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] …
6harassment — (n.) 1753, from HARASS (Cf. harass) + MENT (Cf. ment) …
7harassment — [n] badgering aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, bother, bothering, disturbance, exasperation, hassle, irking, irritation, molestation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, pestering, provocation, provoking, torment, trouble, vexation, vexing;… …
8harassment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ racial, sexual ▪ police ▪ constant, continual VERB + HARASSMENT ▪ be subject to …
9harassment — 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… …
10harassment — 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… …
