persecute
verb (used with object)
to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
has persecuted
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present perfectof persecute (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They are Yazidis who allegedly fled northern Syria after the advance of Islamic State, which has persecuted the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2015
Yet he is not properly a Nazi scapegoat because every kind of German Government has persecuted him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sinatra pEre, who has never written his memoirs and has persecuted many would-be Boswells, has been secretly working on the book with his daughter.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has persecuted me with importunities to attend, and make a speech for him; and my father has joined in the request.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan
Britain has persecuted successfully only one of its officials for overseas bribery since 1889.
From Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin
