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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
persecute .
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Examples
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Of course, Nero has been dead for ten years by the time of Enemies of Jupiter, but any other person in power who persecutes the Jews could be considered another * Beast*.
Some Frequently Asked Questions addressed to Roman Mysteries author Caroline Lawrence 2010
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Blood, ironically playing the part of a sheriff who persecutes the disaffected Vietnam vet played by Sylvester Stallone.
ARTHUR REX CRANE 2010
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While Salazar is leading the naturalization ceremony of a small group of citizens at the foot of the statue, the Obama Administration is feeding the multi-billion dollar industry that persecutes and jails, surveills and deports more than a million immigrants since Salazar and the Obama Administration took the reigns of executive power.
Roberto Lovato: The Greatest Threat to Liberty on Its 125th Anniversary: Corporate Tyranny Roberto Lovato 2011
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The ISI has for decades held an almost mythical status in the Pakistani imagination as the hidden power behind events big and small, a force that both protects and persecutes.
Pakistani General Under Fire Zahid Hussain 2011
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While Salazar is leading the naturalization ceremony of a small group of citizens at the foot of the statue, the Obama Administration is feeding the multi-billion dollar industry that persecutes and jails, surveills and deports more than a million immigrants since Salazar and the Obama Administration took the reigns of executive power.
Roberto Lovato: The Greatest Threat to Liberty on Its 125th Anniversary: Corporate Tyranny Roberto Lovato 2011
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While Salazar is leading the naturalization ceremony of a small group of citizens at the foot of the statue, the Obama Administration is feeding the multi-billion dollar industry that persecutes and jails, surveills and deports more than a million immigrants since Salazar and the Obama Administration took the reigns of executive power.
Roberto Lovato: The Greatest Threat to Liberty on Its 125th Anniversary: Corporate Tyranny Roberto Lovato 2011
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For an information pariah who transparently persecutes his own people and threatens others, the presumption must be that his rhetoric, no matter how extreme, reflects his policy.
Iran's Ahmadinejad, Information Pariah L. Gordon Crovitz 2010
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More spittle flying over the evil radio talker who persecutes poor tensk - it's getting very old.
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On the other hand, as mentioned, The Taliban persecutes Shia so it would be Shia helping Sunni to kill Shia.
Global Voices in English » Afganistan: Is Iran Supporting the Taliban? 2009
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While Salazar is leading the naturalization ceremony of a small group of citizens at the foot of the statue, the Obama Administration is feeding the multi-billion dollar industry that persecutes and jails, surveills and deports more than a million immigrants since Salazar and the Obama Administration took the reigns of executive power.
Roberto Lovato: The Greatest Threat to Liberty on Its 125th Anniversary: Corporate Tyranny Roberto Lovato 2011
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