Persecutes - English meaning

verb

Use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.

Usage examples:

The judge abused his power by imposing the fines

noun

The improper use of something.

Usage examples:

Alcohol abuse

verb

Cruel or inhumane treatment

verb

(of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely.

Usage examples:

His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease

verb

To make someone or something suffer physically or mentally

Usage examples:

He was afflicted with severe asthma., illiteracy is a serious affliction.

verb

To treat someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them

Usage examples:

The child had been severely ill-treated by his parents.

verb

Treat (a person or animal) cruelly or with violence.

Usage examples:

Children die from neglect or are maltreated by their carers

verb

To treat someone cruelly or violently

Usage examples:

He had been badly maltreated as a child.

noun

A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

Usage examples:

The first christian martyr

verb

Kill (someone) because of their beliefs.

Usage examples:

She was martyred for her faith

noun

A person who suffers greatly or is killed, esp. because of political or religious beliefs

verb

Treat (a person or animal) badly, cruelly, or unfairly.

Usage examples:

He denied mistreating his workers

verb

Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.

Usage examples:

A system which oppressed working people

verb

To govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom

Usage examples:

In his speech he spoke against those who continue to oppress the poor., he's feeling oppressed by t…

verb

Inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code.

Usage examples:

I have done wrong and i'm being punished for it

verb

To cause people who have done something wrong or committed a crime to suffer by making them do something they don’t want to do or sending them to prison

Usage examples:

She was punished for being late to school., swimming in the potomac is punishable by a fine., [ c ]…

noun

Severe physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

Their deaths have left both families in torment

verb

Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.

Usage examples:

He was tormented by jealousy

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain

Usage examples:

[ u ] after three days of torment, she went to a dentist., [ c ] that child acts like it’s a tormen…

noun

The action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.

Usage examples:

The torture of political prisoners

verb

Inflict severe pain or suffering on.

Usage examples:

Most of the victims had been brutally tortured

noun

An injury or severe mental pain

Usage examples:

[ c ] all drivers suffer the tortures of traffic and bad weather., [ u ] the museum has many exampl…

verb

Rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly.

Usage examples:

She tyrannized her family

verb

To treat someone cruelly, controlling everything that they do

Usage examples:

He was one of those school bullies who tyrannized the whole playground.

verb

Single (someone) out for cruel or unjust treatment.

Usage examples:

They are victimized by racism or discriminatory barriers

verb

To treat someone in an intentionally unfair way, especially because of their race, sex, beliefs, etc.

Usage examples:

He claimed he'd been victimized by the police., nixon felt that he was being victimized by the media.