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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
