persecute

Example Sentences

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“Throughout the Scripture, there are two kinds of leaders: those who persecute faith communities and those who protect them,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

"Crass content can be criticised if it offends you. However, you cannot have the state persecute and lock up people for offending your 'moral sentiments'," he wrote in a post on X.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

“So if you can’t beat ’em, you persecute ’em or you prosecute ’em.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

Nonbelievers advocate for religious freedom because the right to believe or not to believe must be protected from regimes that would persecute those who disagree with them, an atheist leader says.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

It seemed that Bobby had lapsed over the years into a state of increasingly frequent paranoia, believing as he did that people and organizations, bonded in a conspiracy, were out to persecute him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady