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persecute  (persecutes 3rd person present) (persecuting present participle) (persecuted past tense & past participle )
1  verb If someone  is persecuted, they are treated cruelly and unfairly, often because of their race or beliefs. 
Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs...  be V-ed 
They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.  V n 
...a persecuted minority.  V-ed 
2  verb If you say that someone  is persecuting you, you mean that they are deliberately making your life difficult. 
He said his first wife persecuted him with her unreasonable demands...  V n