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[ verb ] cause to suffer

Synonyms

harass oppress

Examples

"Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Peter_Caroli had come to Geneva , saying that he had been a bishop of the Church_of_Rome and had been persecuted in Paris for his Reformed faith .

Related terms

torment purge haze oppressor

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