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grope verb

/grəʊp/US pronunciation symbol/groʊp/ v
[I or T] to feel with your hands, especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot see easily
She groped for her glasses on the bedside table.
I had to grope my way up the dark stairs.
[T] informal to touch someone's body in order to get sexual pleasure, usually when the person does not want you to do this
He groped me as I was going to the bar.

(Definition of grope verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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