harassment

noun

harass·​ment -smənt 

plural -s

1

: the act or an instance of harassing : vexation, annoyance

the harassment of unions … will become more difficult

—T. W. Arnold

chafed by the harassments of travel

—R. L. Taylor

the weather, taxes, … and various harassments of a more personal nature

—New Yorker

border incidents … no longer have the character of mere harassment

—Atlantic Monthly

2

: the condition of being harassed

showed signs of harassment

—E. M. Lustgarten

his continuing harassment may have been due in great part to his own … contentious personality

—Stuart MacClintock

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