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persecute Verb [-cuting, -cuted] 1. to oppress or maltreat (someone), because of race or religion 2. to harass (someone) persistently [Latin persequi to take vengeance upon] persecution n
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| I should persecute anyone who would not show me respect. She bore her burden of humiliation bitterly for several days, until she was suddenly comforted by a realization that Cyrus had ceased to persecute her. That a tyranny contains all that is bad both in a democracy and an oligarchy is evident; with an oligarchy it has for its end gain, as the only means of providing the tyrant with guards and the luxuries of life; like that it places no confidence in the people; and therefore deprives them of the use of arms: it is also common to them both to persecute the populace, to drive them out of the city and their own habitations. |
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