# persecutes

Pronunciation: US say "PUR-suh-kyoots" /ˈpɝsəkjuts/; UK say "PUR-si-kyoots" /ˈpɜːsɪkjuːts/

## Verb

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative of persecute. — third-person singular simple present indicative of persecute
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of persecute. Use it after he, she, it, or one person or thing.
   - _Human rights groups say the regime persecutes religious minorities and jails their leaders._
   - _The report warns that the region still persecutes wolves as pests rather than protecting them._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/persecutes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).