Persecute

Definition

persecute /'pɜ:sÇkju:t/ v ၁။ ~ sb (for sth) ႏိွပ္ကြပ္သည္။ ႏိွပ္စက္ညႇဥ္းပန္းသည္။ Throughout history religious minorities have been persecuted (for their beliefs). ၂။ အၿမဲတေစ လိုက္လံေႏွာင့္ယွက္သည္။ He accused the media of persecuting him and his family. ❏ persecution /pɜ:sÇ'kju:ʃn/ n [U, C] ဖိစီးႏိွပ္စက္မႈ။ face/ suffer persecution for one's beliefs ❍ be the victims of frequent persecutions. ❏ persecution complex n ဝိုင္းဝန္းဖိႏိွပ္သည္ဟု ထင္မွားမႈ။ He came to realize that this persecution complex was only in his mind. ❏ persecutor n ႏိွပ္စက္ညႇဥ္းပန္းသူ။ He tried to escape from the hands of his persecutors.

Examples

1. In those days
2. Christians were persecuted by the government.
3. They have denied persecuting or killing political dissidents.
4. Why are you persecuting me like this?