"beleaguer" in the verb sense
1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer
annoy persistently
"The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
2. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
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