PERSECUTE, PERSECUTED, PERSECUTION, PERSECUTOR
NOUNS – PERSON
► CYBERBULLY someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute, or intimidate people
► PERSECUTRESS a female persecutor → 1647
► PERSECUTRIX a female persecutor → 1572
► TOAD-UNDER-A-HARROW a person under constant oppression or persecution → 1825
PHRASES
► ON THE GRIDIRON in a state of torment, persecution, or great uneasiness → 1590
VERBS
► CRY CAPIVVY to be persecuted to the death, or very near it → 1843 sl.
► HARRY to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother → a1400-50
► TWINGE to oppress, to afflict, to persecute → a1300 obs.
► WAR to harass, to persecute → a1225 obs.
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