English-French translations for persecute

  • persécuterNous ne pouvons pas persécuter nos propres citoyens. We cannot persecute our own citizens. Le régime de Birmanie ne se limite pas seulement à persécuter l'opposition. The regime in Burma does not just persecute the opposition. La Chine continue de persécuter les fidèles de l'église catholique. China continues to persecute followers of the Catholic Church.
  • poursuivre
    En outre, il appelle à la création d'une sorte de registre des personnes qui émettent une objection, et il propose ensuite de les poursuivre d'une manière ou d'une autre. Moreover, it calls for the creation of some kind of register of people who exercise an objection, and then proposes that they be somehow persecuted. L’UE a permis l’émergence d’une situation où nous ne pouvons pas poursuivre les terroristes, mais où nous pouvons persécuter les terroristes présumés et les priver de leurs droits. The EU has allowed a situation to develop where we cannot prosecute terrorists, but we can persecute terrorist suspects and deprive them of their rights.

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

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