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The meaning of PERSECUTE is to harass or punish in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically : to cause to suffer because of belief. How to use persecute in a sentence.
to treat people unfairly or cruelly over a period of time because of their race, religion, etc.: She claimed the government was persecuting its opponents.
Persecute definition: to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. . See examples of PERSECUTE used in a sentence.
Persecuted definition: persistently harassed or oppressed, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. See examples of PERSECUTED used in a sentence.
uk / ˈpɜː.sɪ.kjuːt / us / ˈpɝː.sɪ.kjuːt /. to treat someone unfairly or cruelly over a long period of time because of their race, religion, or political beliefs, or to annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone: Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime.
To persecute is to make someone suffer or to keep them in bad circumstances. In some parts of the world governments or military groups persecute, or punish, people for religious beliefs, often sending them to prisons or work camps.
Verb Forms. persecute somebody (for something) to treat somebody in a cruel and unfair way, especially because of their race, religion or political beliefs. Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. persecuted minorities.
