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Persecuting

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oppressverb(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
harassverb(specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
chasingnounEngraved or embossed decoration.
persecutionnounThe act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
prosecutingverb(transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
pursuingnounpursuit
victimisingverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of victimize. [(transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.]
persecutorsnounA person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
punishingverbThat punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.
tormentingInvolving or causing torment.
harassingCharacterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating, besetting.
oppressingverboppressive
witch huntnounAlternative form of witch-hunt. [(now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.]
oppressorsnounSomeone who oppresses another or others.
terrorizingverbTo fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
incarceratingverb(chiefly US, transitive) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
perpetratingverb(transitive) To be guilty of, or responsible for a crime etc; to commit.
witchhuntnounAlternative form of witch-hunt. [(now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.]
prosecutionsnoun(law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
apprehendingverbAn act by which something is apprehended.

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