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persecuted
Part of speech: AdjectiveHarassed and afflicted by the enmity of another.
Usage examples "persecuted":- But soon another occasion arose for these people to be cruelly persecuted. - "From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography", George Edwards M.P., O.B.E..
- Why do you say persecuted? - "Love Under Fire", Randall Parrish.
- This has been anticipated through all ages by the women who, sometimes honored and sometimes persecuted, have been drawn away from home life by a devotion to public and social usefulness. - "A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches", Sarah Orne Jewett.