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Persecute means to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of persecute with Cambridge Dictionary.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the verb persecute, which means to harass or punish unjustly or outrageously. See examples of persecute in a sentence and how it differs from prosecute.
Learn the meaning of persecuted, the past tense and participle of persecute, and how to use it in sentences. Persecute means to treat someone unfairly or cruelly because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone.
Persecuted definition: persistently harassed or oppressed, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. See examples of PERSECUTED used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning and usage of the verb persecute, which means to treat somebody cruelly or unfairly, especially because of their race, religion or political beliefs. See synonyms, word origin and example sentences from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Learn the meaning of persecute, a verb that means to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of certain characteristics. Find synonyms, word history, and example sentences from various sources.
Persecute is usually used to specify the harm done to a particular group, as when a person is persecuted for his affiliation with a religious group. Those born of a certain race or culture can be targets too. Adolf Hitler became notorious for his orders to persecute the Jewish people.
