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perplex : confuse, puzzle
persecute : oppress, harass / / verb [transitive]

1 to treat someone unfairly by threatening them or being continuously unpleasant to them: Black teenagers are being constantly harassed by the police.

2 to annoy someone by continually interrupting them: Stop harassing me will you! I'm trying to work!

3 to continually attack an enemy

, molest / / verb [transitive]

1 to attack or harm someone, especially a child, by touching them in a sexual way or trying to have sex with them: men who molest young boys

abuse2 (2)

2 old-fashioned to attack and physically harm someone: a dog that was molesting sheep

molester noun [countable]
molestation noun [uncountable] , afflict