v. 25B6; verb
council tenants who harass their neighbours : PERSECUTE, intimidate, hound, harry, plague, torment, bedevil, pressurize; pester, bother, worry, disturb, trouble, provoke, stress; informal hassle, bug, give someone a hard time; N. English informal mither; N. Amer. informal devil, ride.
they were sent to harass the enemy flanks : HARRY, attack, beleaguer, set upon, assail.