persecute

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from (English ). Compare. Cf. also.

Verb

 * 1) To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially,   because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
 * 2) To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
 * 3) To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
 * 1) To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
 * 2) To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
 * 1) To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:annoy
 * see Thesaurus:annoy

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اِضْطَهَدَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: təqib etmək,
 * Belarusian: прасле́даваць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: forfølge
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: persekuti
 * Estonian: taga kiusama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ,
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: διώκω
 * Haitian Creole: pèsekite
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: déan géarleanúint ar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 핍박하다
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: vajāt
 * Lithuanian: persekioti
 * Macedonian: прогонува, прогони
 * Northern Thai: ᨣᩕ᩵ᩣᩴ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, подверга́ть гоне́ниям
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: прого̀нити, прога́њати
 * Roman: ,
 * Shan: ၼိၵ်ႈၸၢၵ်ႈ, ငႅၼ်းသႄး
 * Slovak: perzekvovať, prenasledovať
 * Slovene: preganjati, zasledovati
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: udhi
 * Swedish:
 * Tai Dam: ꪙꪚꪾꪹꪔꪸꪉ
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: переслі́дувати


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Kannada:
 * Maori: hawene
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: прого̀нити, прога́њати
 * Roman: ,