persecute russian

• пресле́довать

  to pursue, to chase, to run after

  to persecute

  to haunt

  to pursue (a goal)

  to prosecute

• гнать

  to drive, to urge on, to chase

  to drive away, to chase out, to expel

  to lie, to talk nonsense, to bullshit

  to distil

  to persecute, to hound

• трави́ть

  to poison

  to exterminate

  to hound, to bully, to badger, to persecute

  to hunt with hounds, to course (game), to set dogs on

  to etch, to pickle (metal)

  to pay out (a rope), to slacken, to let out (steam)

  to ruin, to damage, to spoil

  to use up, to squander, to waste

• затра́вить

  to harass, to hound, to badger, to persecute

  to hunt down (with hounds), to run down, to bring to bay

• мордова́ть

  to beat up, to persecute, to victimize

• репресси́ровать

  to repress, to persecute

• утесня́ть

  to oppress, to persecute, to suppress, to restrict

• пресле́дуемый

  pursued, chased, hunted

  persecuted, harassed, victimized

  haunted, plagued, tormented

• гони́мый

  persecuted

• у́гнетаемый

  oppressed, downtrodden, persecuted

• затра́вленный

  hounded, persecuted, tormented, harassed

• травимый

  hunted, persecuted, baited, poisoned

• преследоваться

  to be prosecuted, to be punishable by law

  to be persecuted, to be victimized

  to be chased, to be pursued, to be hunted

• притесня́емый

  oppressed, persecuted, harassed, suppressed

• преследованный

  persecuted, pursued, haunted

• трави́вший

  having poisoned

  having bullied, having persecuted, having harassed

  having hunted (with dogs), having coursed (game)

  having etched, having corroded

• пресле́довавшийся

  pursued, persecuted, chased, followed

• репрессируемый

  repressed, persecuted, suppressed

• пресле́дующийся

  pursued, persecuted, followed, hunted

• мытаримый

  tormented, harassed, afflicted, persecuted

• по́гнанный

  driven, chased, pursued

  persecuted, hounded, harried

Examples

• Диссиденты часто подвергались преследованиям властей.

  Dissidents were often persecuted by the authorities.

• Испанская инквизиция преследовала людей за инакомыслие.

  The Spanish Inquisition persecuted people for their unorthodox views.

• Троцкистов преследовали при Сталине.

  Trotskyites were persecuted under Stalin.

• Гонимый властями писатель уехал за границу.

  The writer, persecuted by the authorities, went abroad.

• Его отца репрессировали в тридцать седьмом году

  His father was persecuted in 1937.

• Многих учёных репрессировали при советской власти

  Many scientists were persecuted under Soviet rule.

• В стране преследовали инакомыслящих граждан.

  Dissidents were persecuted in the country.

• Диссидентство в СССР жестко преследовалось властями.

  Dissidence in the USSR was harshly persecuted by the authorities.

• Он чувствовал себя преследуемым во всех странах.

  He felt persecuted in every country.

• Он рассказал историю преследованного за веру человека.

  He told the story of a man persecuted for his faith.

• Преследованные властью писатели уехали за границу.

  The writers persecuted by the authorities went abroad.

• Лидер, репрессировавший своих противников, потерял поддержку народа.

  The leader who had persecuted his opponents lost the support of the people.

• Репрессируемый народ долго молчал о своих страданиях.

  The persecuted people remained silent about their suffering for a long time.

• Репрессируемые семьи теряли всё имущество.

  The persecuted families lost all their property.

• Репрессируемая интеллигенция уезжала из страны.

  The persecuted intelligentsia left the country.

• Преследовавшийся долгие годы диссидент наконец получил убежище.

  The dissident, persecuted for many years, finally received asylum.