PERSECUTION


Meaning of PERSECUTION in English

n. 25B6; noun

victims of religious persecution : OPPRESSION, victimization, maltreatment, ill-treatment, mistreatment, abuse, ill-usage, discrimination, tyranny; informal witch hunt.

the persecution I endured at school : HARASSMENT, hounding, intimidation, bullying.

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