mindmap root((迫害)) wrong implies inflicting injury either unmerited or out of proportion to what one deserves: a penal system that had ~ed him. oppress suggests inhumane imposing of burdens one cannot endure or exacting more than one can perform: a people ~ed by a warmongering tyrant. persecute implies a relentless and unremitting subjection to annoyance or suffering: a boy with a clubfoot ~d by his playmates. aggrieve implies suffering caused by an infringement or denial of rights: a legal aid society representing ~d minority groups.