Definitions
the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
Word origin
Equivalent to persecute + -ion. From Middle English persecucioun, from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”). Displaced native Old English ēhtnes.
Used in a sentence
“Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.”
“[…] to support or agree with the persecutions, beatings, dehumanizings, insults, murders, genocides, and oppressions of a perpetrator's target […]”
“I see this not as persecution, but a learning chance to grow.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Targeted mistreatment”11 letters
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