persecute for

persecute someone for something

to harass or repress someone for something. They were persecuting the native people for being underdeveloped. They were persecuted for being simple and unsuspecting.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
'Ovadyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Karena	-	English (Rare)
Maimu	MIE-moo	Estonian
Jacobine	yah-ko-BEE-nə (Dutch)	Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Cadeyrn	-	Ancient Celtic
Marjeta	-	Slovene