All 5 Uses of
persecution
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- How, how can I persuade you not to persecute me with your kindness?†
Chpt 2.6 *persecute = treat very badly and unfairly
- That in my own house I persecuted a defenceless girl and 'insulted her with my infamous proposals'—is that it?†
Chpt 4.1persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- Through his persecuting her with his attentions, she was turned out by his wife, Marfa Petrovna.†
Chpt 4.2persecuting = treating very badly and unfairly
- Quite so, but what drove him, or rather perhaps disposed him, to suicide was the systematic persecution and severity of Mr. Svidrigailov.†
Chpt 4.2persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
- They are worrying and persecuting you through a stupid and contemptible suspicion....Dmitri Prokofitch told me that there is no danger, and that you are wrong in looking upon it with such horror.†
Chpt 5.5persecuting = treating very badly and unfairly
Definition:
very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs