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Verb: persecute  'pursu`kyoot
  1. Cause to suffer
    "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
    - oppress

Derived forms: persecuted, persecutes, persecuting

See also: persecution, persecutor

Type of: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment

Encyclopedia: Persecute