OPPRESS

• (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

  "The government oppresses political activists"

  synonyms : crush , suppress

• (verb) cause to suffer

  "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

  synonyms : persecute

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