cease and desist vs hassle

cease and desist

verb
  • To stop and not resume an action. 

noun
  • A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel. 

hassle

verb
  • To pick a fight or start an argument with. 

  • To engage in a mock dogfight. 

  • To trouble, to bother, to annoy. 

noun
  • Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems. 

  • A fight or argument. 

  • An action which is not worth the difficulty involved. 

adj
  • hassling; hasslesome 

How often have the words cease and desist and hassle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )