as in harassment
something that causes mental distress
The media's constant persecution was beginning to affect their lives.
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Recent Examples of persecution
Dedication to implementing progressive reforms had been replaced by a mania for political repression and persecution.
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Nancy C. Unger / Made By History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration also adopted a higher standard of risk of persecution that asylum seekers must meet to pass an early screening.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Bangladesh can only be declared safe if the entire territory is free of danger and nobody faces the threat of persecution.
—Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
The list that Italy uses of ‘safe’ countries includes many countries where conflict, persecution and other forms of danger are extant in some regions.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Nancy C. Unger / Made By History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
The Biden administration also adopted a higher standard of risk of persecution that asylum seekers must meet to pass an early screening.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Bangladesh can only be declared safe if the entire territory is free of danger and nobody faces the threat of persecution.
—Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
The list that Italy uses of ‘safe’ countries includes many countries where conflict, persecution and other forms of danger are extant in some regions.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Persecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persecution. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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