harassment betydelse and definition

Betydelse av harassment på svenska

• 0 behaviour that annoys or upsets someone:

  • sexual harassment

• 1 behavior that annoys or troubles someone:

  • Complaints of sexual harassment (= offensive sexual suggestions or actions) in the workplace have increased in recent years.

• 2 illegal behaviour towards a person that causes mental or emotional suffering, which includes repeated unwanted contacts without a reasonable purpose, insults, threats, touching, or offensive language:

  • The company investigated claims of workplace harassment and racial discrimination.

  • Victims of harassment are able to take action in the courts to obtain damages.

  • to be subject/subjected to harassment

• 3 behaviour towards someone that is threatening or that annoys or upsets them:

  • As many as 1 in 3 teens who use the Internet had experienced some form of harassment online.