
09-15-2007, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: H-Town, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneEyre
Here is an online definition of persecute:
per·se·cute (pûrs-kyt)
tr.v. per·se·cut·ed, per·se·cut·ing, per·se·cutes
1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
2. To annoy persistently; bother.
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If this is a valid definition ... then the word is in play.
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