English-Dutch translations for persecute

• vervolgen
  Het regime in Birma doet meer dan alleen de oppositie vervolgen. The regime in Burma does not just persecute the opposition.
  Ten tweede: waarom zou je de oppositie vervolgen als die toch al zo zwak is? Second, why persecute the opposition since it is so weak anyway?
  In dergelijke situaties vernietigen en vervolgen machthebbers hun politieke tegenstanders en worden deze tegenstanders gevangen gezet. In such situations, power structures destroy, persecute and imprison their political opposition.

Definition of persecute

• To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship
• To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy

Examples

• He who persecutes one will persecute all

Related words

• persecution
• persecutory
• persecuted
• persecutor
• persecutrix
• persecutory delusion
• persecution of Christians
• persecution complex
• persecution mania