eve-teasing
n.— «Goondaism refers to anti-social behavior of persons who generally indulge in violent and other “illegitimate means” to get things done.…While their student friends go to the classes, they sit in coffee houses or on lawns of the University and indulge in “eve-teasing.”» —“Student Politics in India: The Case of Delhi University” by T.K. Oommen Asian Survey Sept., 1974. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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