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persecute
[ pur-si-kyoot ]
verb (used with object)
- to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- to annoy or trouble persistently.
persecute
/ ˈpɜːsɪˌkjuːt /
verb
- to oppress, harass, or maltreat, esp because of race, religion, etc
- to bother persistently
Derived Forms
- ˈperseˌcutor, noun
- ˈperseˌcutive, adjective
Other Words From
- per·se·cut·ing·ly adverb
- per·se·cu·tive adjective
- per·se·cu·tive·ness noun
- per·se·cu·tor noun
- per·se·cu·to·ry [pur, -si-kyoo-t, uh, -ree, -ky, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
- non·per·se·cut·ing adjective
- non·per·se·cu·tive adjective
- non·per·se·cu·to·ry adjective
- o·ver·per·se·cute verb (used with object) overpersecuted overpersecuting
- un·per·se·cut·ing adjective
- un·per·se·cu·tive adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of persecute1
Word History and Origins
Origin of persecute1
Example Sentences
Christians, of course, really were persecuted by the Roman Empire beginning in the 1st century.
He also repeated his fatuous insistence that he could trust Putin because they had both been persecuted by the "Russia hoax," after which he proceeded to rant incoherently about Hunter Biden's bathroom.
Many in the so-called "manosphere" see Tate as a persecuted hero who has just been rescued from Romania's corrupt clutches.
My parents also were persecuted by the government at this time and left the country for Somalia in 1990.
If they weren’t brutally silenced, persecuted, shoved into prisons, driven into exiled or simply made too afraid to speak.
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