"Persecute" is a word in ENGLISH

To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait …

To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc.

Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.

A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or …

Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which …

To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to …

State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment.

To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.

To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to …

To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance …

To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry.

To harass; to torment; to distress.

To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy.

Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.

To broil; to grill; hence, To harass.

To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.