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Everyone knows about the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis.persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
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In that country people who are gay are persecuted by law.persecuted = treated badly in an unfair manner
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Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. (source)Persecution = bad and unfair treatment of a group of people
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And some of you have come from areas where your quest--quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. (source)persecution = bad, ongoing, and unfair treatment
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"Now I'm feeling persecuted," said McClean. (source)persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
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The Russians persecuted heresy more cruelly than the Inquisition had done. (source)persecuted = ongoing unfair treatment of others -- usually because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs
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Lip-lip had selected White Fang for his special object of persecution. (source)persecution = bad, ongoing, and unfair treatment
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Spoken by a member of a despised and persecuted race.† (source)persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
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They would swagger and pick on outsiders and persecute anyone who didn't speak as they did.† (source)persecute = treat very badly and unfairly
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Backslapping and cheers for all the cops, and then more cheers for me, as if these people hadn't been my persecutors a day before.† (source)
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He, whose persecutions had been the cause of my sin! (source)persecutions = unfair treatment
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He could rule for centuries or millennia-persecuting and tormenting people the entire time-unless we stop him.† (source)persecuting = treating very badly and unfairly
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His persecutor agreed.† (source)persecutor = someone who treats others (or another) very badly and unfairly
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Just play poker and stay single and live where and how he wants to, if people would let him, he says, "but you know how society persecutes a dedicated man.† (source)
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And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.† (source)persecutest = treat very badly and unfairlystandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-st" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou persecutest" in older English, today we say "You persecute."
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He stopped, blushed, then continued low and sadly: "Ah, my malady persecuteth me again, and my mind wandereth.† (source)persecuteth = treats very badly and unfairlystandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She persecuteth" in older English, today we say "She persecutes."
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