persecuted

"The eagles were persecuted because they were a threat to our fish stock."

"Criminals are not to be helped. Criminals are to be persecuted," Ntshavheni said.

Gabbard and Trump share a weird affection for Vladimir Putin but they also share a belief that they are being persecuted by the U.S.

Impeached twice and a convicted felon who faces more trials, Trump has said that he, and by extension his loyalists, have been persecuted by a “wacko” and unfair state.

Many of Rogan’s questions and comments fed the Trumpian narrative that he’s been unfairly persecuted by his enemies, the big disrupter who the “establishment” and the “deep state” fears and are trying to take down.