What is another word for Persecuting?

Pronunciation: [pˈɜːsɪkjˌuːtɪŋ] (IPA)

Persecuting can be described as harassing, mistreating, oppressing, or tormenting someone. To persecute someone is to subject them to ill-treatment or cruelty for reasons such as their race, religion, or belief system. Other synonyms for persecution include victimizing, discriminating against, intimidating, or bullying. Persecution usually involves someone who is in a position of authority or power oppressing someone who is vulnerable and unable to defend themselves, making it a form of abuse. Persecution of any kind is unacceptable and goes against basic human rights and values. It is important to stand up against persecution and advocate for those who are being mistreated.

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Usage examples for Persecuting

For the first time since the abduction deep despair beset the boy, and at the same time some kind of vague notion that an untoward fate was Persecuting them.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
I felt assured that my dear father, and brothers, and my kind step-mother, were all looking at the facts of my persecution from a wrong stand-point; and I determined to risk my exposure to Mr. Packard's Persecuting power again, so far as to let my relatives see me once for themselves; hoping thus the scales might drop from their eyes, so far at least as to protect me from another kidnapping from Mr. Packard.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
And Mr. Packard and his Persecuting party may yet find I uttered no fictitious sentiment, when I remarked to Dr. McFarland in the Asylum, that I shall yet live down this slander of Insanity, and also live down my persecutors.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

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