Thesaurus / persecuted
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synonyms for persecuted
- destitute
- distressed
- exploited
- needy
- oppressed
- abject
- a slave to
- at one's beck and call
- at one's feet
- at one's mercy
- have-not
- helpless
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- led by the nose
- maltreated
- mistreated
- overcome
- subjugated
- subservient
- suppressed
- tyrannized
- underdog
- underfoot
- under one's thumb
- abused
- destitute
- distressed
- enslaved
- exploited
- helpless
- burdened
- maltreated
- mistreated
- suppressed
- tormented
- tyrannized
- abject
- a slave to
- at one's feet
- at one's mercy
- have-not
- subservient
- underfoot
- under one's thumb
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use persecuted in a sentence
The Castro regime continues to arbitrarily arrest, beat-up, and persecute all those who dare to speak their minds.
CUBAN AUTHORITIES DETAIN BLADE MEDIA PARTNER’S EDITORMICHAEL K. LAVERSNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEHe was persecuted by government authorities for his activism, he said.
BORDER REPORT: ‘THEY CAN’T CONTINUE LIKE THIS IN MEXICO’MAYA SRIKRISHNANNOVEMBER 17, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIt still results in tangible harm and is a real threat to people who are persecuted.
ELIJAH CUMMINGS HAS A MESSAGE FOR VOTERS ‘FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE’NICOLE GOODKINDOCTOBER 21, 2020FORTUNEHe’s been persecuting people of color, and those words aren’t just harmless.
ELIJAH CUMMINGS HAS A MESSAGE FOR VOTERS ‘FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE’NICOLE GOODKINDOCTOBER 21, 2020FORTUNELast year the New York Times reported authorities in Xinjiang used “free health checks” as a means to compile a genetic database of the region’s persecuted Uighur populace.
HONG KONG’S NEW MASS COVID TESTING SCHEME IS FREE AND VOLUNTARY—AND SOME CITIZENS ARE SUSPICIOUSEAMONBARRETTAUGUST 26, 2020FORTUNEIn Myanmar, only about 5 percent of the population is Muslim, but the largest group, the Rohingya people, are considered among the most persecuted Muslims in the world.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKES AIM AT IMMIGRANTS FROM AFRICATRUTHBETOLDAPRIL 30, 2020TRUTHBETOLD.NEWSThat struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe prophet is persecuted: he denounces captivity to his persecutors, and bemoans himself.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSLet us suppose that any one who denied the old crude errors of astrology was persecuted as a heretic.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDIn that country, about the year 1642, many poor old women were persecuted to death.
SECOND EDITION OF A DISCOVERY CONCERNING GHOSTSGEORGE CRUIKSHANKWORDS RELATED TO PERSECUTED
- a slave to
- abject
- at one's beck and call
- at one's feet
- at one's mercy
- destitute
- distressed
- exploited
- have-not
- helpless
- in one's clutches
- in one's pocket
- in one's power
- led by the nose
- maltreated
- mistreated
- needy
- oppressed
- overcome
- persecuted
- subjugated
- subservient
- suppressed
- tyrannized
- under one's thumb
- underdog
- underfoot
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.