noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ systematic
▪ brutal , severe
▪ political , racial , religious
VERB + PERSECUTION
▪ be subject to , be subjected to , endure , experience , face , suffer , suffer from
▪
Some students returning to the country may face political ~.
▪ avoid , escape from , flee from
▪ fear
▪
He feared ~ by the military.
▪ end
PERSECUTION + NOUN
▪ complex
▪
She started to have a ~ complex when she couldn't get a job.
PHRASES
▪ delusions of ~ , feelings of ~
▪ (a) fear of ~
▪ a victim of ~