transcription, транскрипция: [ pɜ:(r)sɪkju:t ]
( persecutes, persecuting, persecuted)
1.
If someone is persecuted , they are treated cruelly and unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs.
Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs...
They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.
...a persecuted minority.
VERB : be V-ed , V n , V-ed
2.
If you say that someone is persecuting you, you mean that they are deliberately making your life difficult.
He said his first wife persecuted him with her unreasonable demands...
VERB : V n