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Definition
very bad and unfair treatment of others — usually because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs
- Why had he not been called—persecuted till he was up, as usual?Chapter 10 (82% in)
- Tom had become indifferent to persecution by this time.Chapter 12 (31% in)
There are no more uses of "persecution" in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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