Definition of "persecutes" [persecutes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of persecute. (verb)

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• "More spittle flying over the evil radio talker who persecutes poor tensk - it's getting very old."
• "For an information pariah who transparently persecutes his own people and threatens others, the presumption must be that his rhetoric, no matter how extreme, reflects his policy."
• "On the other hand, as mentioned, The Taliban persecutes Shia so it would be Shia helping Sunni to kill Shia."