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v. Simple past tense and past participle of persecute.

"The descendants of these animals, the feral American horses known as mustangs, were being killed for pet food as recently as the 1960s and, despite the 1971 Free Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act, remain persecuted today."

persecuted    persecutes    persecuting   

dun    bedevil    rag    crucify    frustrate   

afflict    beset    urge   

prosecute    sequel   

purge   

harass    annoy    oppress    worry    distress   

consecrated    city-building    crosier    longbow