"plagued" in the verb sense
1. blight, plague
cause to suffer a blight
"Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
2. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
annoy continually or chronically
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
"This man harasses his female co-workers"
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