harass

v 1: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet

Union" [syn: {persecute}, {oppress}]

2: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of

his stammer" [syn: {tease}, {badger}, {pester}, {bug}, {beleaguer}]

3: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his

staff when he is overworked" [syn: {hassle}, {harry}, {chivy},

{chivvy}, {chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest},

{provoke}]

4: challenge aggressively [syn: {heckle}]