grope


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Synonyms for grope

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Synonyms for grope

to reach about or search blindly or uncertainly

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Synonyms for grope

the act of groping

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feel about uncertainly or blindly

search blindly or uncertainly

fondle for sexual pleasure

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"The name is often explained away today because it is a dark street that people have to grope their way along.
Carrie Hughes, 27, who owns Premama - a clothes shop for pregnant women in Grope Lane - says: "We do get quite a few comments about the area from customers.
A police sergeant testified that the accused alleged during questioning that he grabbed the woman to prevent her from falling in the lift and maintained that he didn't grope her.
FILM SET ANTICS: Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Schriver; GROPE ALLEGATIONS: Anna Richardson, Denise Van Outen and Melanie Sykes
She broke down as she told the jury how Dr Phillips had a "bloody good grope" as he examined her at the Sancta Maria hospital in Swansea.
She pushed him away, the boyfriend added, when he tried to grope her further.
It was Justin Timberlake's turn to grope Kylie's buttocks as the couple performed a duet at Thursday's Brit awards event at London's Earls Court.