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persecute

[ pur-si-kyoot ]

verb (used with object)

persecuted, persecuting.
  1. to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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  2. to annoy or trouble persistently.

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persecute

/ 藞辫蓽藧蝉瑟藢办箩耻藧迟 /

verb

  1. to oppress, harass, or maltreat, esp because of race, religion, etc
  2. to bother persistently
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫别谤蝉别藢肠耻迟辞谤, noun
  • 藞辫别谤蝉别藢肠耻迟颈惫别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻迟路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • 辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻路迟颈惫别路ness noun
  • 辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻路迟辞谤 noun
  • 辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻路迟辞路谤测 [pur, -si-kyoo-t, uh, -ree, -ky, uh, -tawr-ee], adjective
  • 苍辞苍路辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻迟路颈苍驳 adjective
  • non路辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • non路辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻路迟辞路谤测 adjective
  • 辞路惫别谤路辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻迟别 verb (used with object) overpersecuted overpersecuting
  • 耻苍路辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻迟路颈苍驳 adjective
  • un路辫别谤路蝉别路肠耻路迟颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of persecute1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; Late Middle English; back formation from persecutour 鈥減ersecutor,鈥 ultimately from Late Latin 辫别谤蝉别肠奴迟辞谤 originally 鈥減rosecutor,鈥 equivalent to 辫别谤蝉别肠奴-, variant stem of 辫别谤蝉别辩耻墨 鈥渢o prosecute, pursue closely鈥 + -tor; per-, sequence, -tor
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of persecute1

C15: from Old French persecuter, back formation from persecuteur, from Late Latin 辫别谤蝉别肠奴迟辞谤 pursuer, from 辫别谤蝉别辩耻墨 to take vengeance upon
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Example Sentences

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There, the group reportedly said onstage that 鈥渢he Irish are not so longer persecuted under the Brits, but we were never bombed under the f鈥 skies with nowhere to go.鈥

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Easter is supposed to be a happy time, but all I can think of is the people who persecuted Jesus.

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The United States used to be the kind of country that welcomed the persecuted, but I guess she didn鈥檛 see us as the best option.

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Securing one can mean the difference between staying and removal to a country where they were persecuted, abused or abandoned by their parents.

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She is also concerned for colleagues who may now be forced to return to hostile home countries, where they could be persecuted for their journalism.

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