(~s, persecuting, ~d)
1.
If someone is ~d, they are treated cruelly and unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs.
Mr Weaver and his family have been ~d by the authorities for their beliefs...
They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.
...a ~d 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 ~d him with her unreasonable demands...
VERB: V n