Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The making of unwanted and offensive sexual advances or of sexually offensive remarks or acts, especially by one in a superior or supervisory position or when acquiescence to such behavior is a condition of continued employment, promotion, or satisfactory evaluation.
Wiktionary
- n. Unwelcome sexual advances.
- n. Harassment that is sexual in nature.
WordNet 3.0
- n. unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employee
Examples
““If you continue to touch me like this, Mr. Masters, I’m afraid I’ll have to file a sexual harassment charge against you and Klub Kashmir.””
“The Chipster case, for sexual harassment against Gil Martin, Philadelphia’s best-known Internet millionaire, had attracted press attention since the day it was filed, and reporters, sketch artists, and the public filled the sleek modern pews of dark wood.”
“Q: (By Ms. Murphy) Now, Mr. Dietz, you allege that as a result of the sexual harassment of your wife, Beth, you and she experienced certain difficulties with respect to intimacy in your marriage, is that right?”
“For the same transparently cynical reasons that my old firm chose me to help Randall Kane fend off sexual harassment charges brought by his female employees, the prosecution has selected a black man, with the mild-mannered appearance of a college professor, to prosecute Dante Halleyville.”
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