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He said prosecutors are persecuting him for “things that are standard practice throughout the U.S. business community, and in no way a crime.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2021

“They are persecuting peaceful, and actually quite patriotic young people,” said Chidi Odinkalu, senior manager for Africa at the Open Society Justice Initiative.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2020

McAfee has said authorities in Belize are persecuting him because he refused to pay them $2 million in bribes.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2012

McAfee has said corrupt Belizean authorities are persecuting him, something officials in Belize deny.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2012

My lord," said he, "many knights and squires are persecuting me to get the money which is owing to them.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 by Black, Robert