persecute
pronunciation
How to pronounce persecute in British English:
UK [ˈpɜːsɪkjuːt]
How to pronounce persecute in American English:
US [ˈpɜːrsɪkjuːt]
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- Verb:
- cause to suffer
Word Origin
- persecute
- persecute: see sequence
- persecute (v.)
- mid-15c., "to oppress for the holding of a belief or opinion," from Middle French persécuter "pursue, torment, open legal action" (14c.), from Latin persecutus, past participle of persequi "to pursue" (see persecution). Related: Persecuted; persecuting.
Example
- 1. Lf you persist in that they will persecute you .
- 2. Another reason kids persecute nerds is to make themselves feel better .
- 3. One was ostensibly meant to curb pornography but might also be used , for example , to ban traditional dances and thus persecute minorities .
- 4. Western multinationals have faced fierce criticism in the past for allegedly helping dictatorships monitor or persecute their citizens , especially in huawei 's home country .
- 5. What I do feel is that any jew , i.e. european jew , would prefer hitler 's kind of social system to ours , if it were not that he happens to persecute them .