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Synonyms for persecute

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Synonyms for persecute

to do a wrong to; treat unjustly

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Synonyms for persecute

cause to suffer

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"I am Jesus whom you are persecuting" (Acts 9:1-9).
A dog breeder has accused a council of persecuting her after she was served with a second noise abatement notice.
Paul had been persecuting Christians and was on his way to persecute more and Ananias was a Christian.
THE DPP is persecuting gardai who make mistakes on duty, it was claimed yesterday.
Vatican critics such as Goldhagen, Zuccotti, Carroll, Cornwell, and Phayer surrender their credibility when they peddle the absurd notion that the Pope would actually embrace a group of barbarians, who made no secret of their contempt for Christianity and who were brutally persecuting his own flock in Germany, Poland, and the rest of occupied Europe.
The Egyptian parliament's speaker accused the European parliament of unwarranted meddling April 18 after it passed a resolution accusing Egypt's government of persecuting gays.