persecution
About 5.58 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.
Similar words
victimization victimized victimisation oppressed oppression bullying repression suppression chicanery stalking
Often followed by
of and in by was for which is to
Word family
persecutions
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