as in harassment
something that causes mental distress
The media's constant persecution was beginning to affect their lives.
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Recent Examples of persecution
The elder Giuliani has repeatedly attacked the election workers’ legal team and his judges, portraying himself as the victim of political persecution.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Ten years later, Bejarano protested the government, then flew to the U.S. to escape political persecution as an outspoken opponent of the Maduro regime.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
As confirmed by the court, the practice amounted to crimes against humanity, with the abductions being classified as an inhumane act of persecution.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Though fictional, the film follows a heartbreakingly familiar story for many immigrant modernist architects: Having survived the Nazi concentration camps, celebrated Jewish architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) escapes persecution in postwar Europe to begin his life and career again in Philadelphia.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Ten years later, Bejarano protested the government, then flew to the U.S. to escape political persecution as an outspoken opponent of the Maduro regime.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2025
As confirmed by the court, the practice amounted to crimes against humanity, with the abductions being classified as an inhumane act of persecution.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Though fictional, the film follows a heartbreakingly familiar story for many immigrant modernist architects: Having survived the Nazi concentration camps, celebrated Jewish architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) escapes persecution in postwar Europe to begin his life and career again in Philadelphia.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Persecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persecution. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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