несовер.
1) pursue, chase, be after, drive, follow, hunt; haunt
2) ( притеснять )
persecute, torment; victimize
3) юр. prosecute
4) ( стремиться )
strive (for); pursue
преследовать собственные интересы — to study one's own interests, to pursue one's own ends
преследовать цель — to pursue one's object, to have for an object