persecute
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WRONG implies inflicting injury either unmerited or out of proportion to what one deserves. e.g. a penal system that had wronged him
OPPRESS suggests inhumane imposing of burdens one cannot endure or exacting more than one can perform. e.g. a people oppressed by a warmongering tyrant
e.g. a child persecuted by constant criticism
AGGRIEVE implies suffering caused by an infringement or denial of rights. e.g. a legal aid society representing aggrieved minority groups
verb with object
(宗教・政治・主義の相違などから長期にわたり) «…という理由で» 〈人が〉虐待を受ける, 迫害される(oppress), しいたげられる «for» ; 〈人・動物が〉いじめられる e.g. his followers were persecuted by the authorities.
«…で» 〈人〉をうるさく悩ます, …にしつこく迫る «with, by»
e.g. Hilda was persecuted by some of the other girls.
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