persecution
The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
Example
“Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents.”
Related words
- antipersecution
- fursecution
- nonpersecution
- persecutional
- persecution complex
Word history
From Latin "persequor" (follow up, pursue).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “persecution” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.