"Plague" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

Pest lienee; a contagious and malignant fever

Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in
Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of
Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great
London plague.

To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural
evil of any kind.

That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity;
any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.