Arabs persecute me.
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Persecute
//ˈpɝsəkjut//
Synonyms for "persecute" (169 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 49 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διώκω verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Arabic
1 entries- اِضْطَهَدَ verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Armenian
1 entries- հալածել verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- incitmək verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- təqib etmək verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Belarusian
1 entries- прасле́даваць verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Bulgarian
3 entries- доса́ждам verb (to harass with importunity)
- поти́скам verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- пресле́двам verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Catalan
1 entries- perseguir verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迫害 verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Czech
1 entries- perzekvovat verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Danish
1 entries- forfølge verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Dutch
1 entries- vervolgen verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Esperanto
1 entries- persekuti verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Estonian
1 entries- taga kiusama verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Finnish
4 entries- ahdistella verb (to harass with importunity)
- riivata verb (to harass with importunity)
- sortaa verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- vainota verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
French
1 entries- persécuter verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
German
4 entries- bedrängen verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- belästigen verb (to harass with importunity)
- drangsalieren verb (to harass with importunity)
- haschen verb (to harass with importunity)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Greek
2 entries- διώκω verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- παρενοχλώ verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- pèsekite verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रताड़ना verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- प्रताड़ना verb (to harass with importunity)
Hungarian
1 entries- üldöz verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Indonesian
1 entries- menganiaya verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Irish
1 entries- déan géarleanúint ar verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Italian
1 entries- perseguitare verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Japanese
1 entries- 迫害する verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಾಡು verb (to harass with importunity)
Korean
1 entries- 핍박하다 verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Lao
1 entries- ຂົ່ມເຫັງ verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Latvian
1 entries- vajāt verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Lithuanian
1 entries- persekioti verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Macedonian
2 entries- прогони verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- прогонува verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Māori
1 entries- hawene verb (to harass with importunity)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᨣᩕ᩵ᩣᩴ verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forfølge verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Persian
1 entries- تعقیب کردن verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Polish
1 entries- prześladować verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Portuguese
2 entries- perseguir verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- perseguir verb (to harass with importunity)
Romanian
1 entries- a persecuta verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Russian
4 entries- докуча́ть verb (to harass with importunity)
- донима́ть verb (to harass with importunity)
- досажда́ть verb (to harass with importunity)
- достава́ть verb (to harass with importunity)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- progánjati verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- progánjati verb (to harass with importunity)
- progòniti verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- progòniti verb (to harass with importunity)
Shan
2 entries- ငႅၼ်းသႄး verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- ၼိၵ်ႈၸၢၵ်ႈ verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Slovak
2 entries- perzekvovať verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- prenasledovať verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Slovene
2 entries- preganjati verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- zasledovati verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Spanish
4 entries- cazar verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- encalzar (disused) verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
- importunar verb (to harass with importunity)
- perseguir verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Swahili
1 entries- kuudhi verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Swedish
1 entries- förfölja verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Tai Dam
1 entries- ꪙꪚꪾꪹꪔꪸꪉ verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Thai
1 entries- ข่มเหง verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Ukrainian
1 entries- переслі́дувати verb (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
In France, we leave alone those who start fires, but we persecute those who sound the alarm.
Source: tatoeba (1497968)
I do not believe progress is possible if our desire to preserve our identities gives way to an impulse to dehumanize or dominate another group. If our religion leads us to persecute those of another faith, if we jail or beat people who are gay, if our traditions lead us to prevent girls from going to school, if we discriminate on the basis of race or tribe or ethnicity, then the fragile bonds of civilization will fray.
Source: tatoeba (5774045)
Our commitment to human rights must be absolute, our laws fair, our natural beauty preserved; the powerful must not persecute the weak, and human dignity must be enhanced.
Source: tatoeba (5797061)
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