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pillage
To deprive of money or property by violence; loot
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  1. To deprive of money or property by violence; loot
  2. To take spoils by force.
  3. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.
despoil
To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable:
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  1. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable:
  2. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob:
  3. To deprive of something of value by or as by force; rob; plunder
annoy
(Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
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  1. (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
  2. To be annoying
  3. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
pester
To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
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  1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  2. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
  3. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
torment
(Rare) To torture
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  1. (Rare) To torture
  2. To annoy, pester, or harass:
  3. To annoy, harass, or tease
annoy
(Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
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  1. (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
  2. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  3. To be annoying
bait
(Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
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  1. (Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
  2. To set attacking dogs against
  3. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:
bedevil
To plague diabolically; torment; harass
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  1. To plague diabolically; torment; harass
  2. To spoil; ruin.
  3. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
beleaguer
To vex, harass, or beset.
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  1. To vex, harass, or beset.
  2. To beset, as with difficulties; harass
  3. To harass; beset:
beset
To hem in; surround:
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  1. To hem in; surround:
  2. To cover or set thickly with; stud
  3. To trouble persistently; harass.
harass
To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
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  1. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
  2. To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
  3. To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
pester
To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
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  1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  2. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
  3. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
plague
An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
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  1. An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
  2. To afflict with a plague
  3. To vex; harass; trouble; torment
tease
To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
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  1. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
  2. To urge persistently; coax:
  3. To say in a playful or mocking way:
torment
To annoy, pester, or harass:
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  1. To annoy, pester, or harass:
  2. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
  3. To annoy, harass, or tease
worry
To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
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  1. To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
  2. To annoy, bother, harass, vex, etc.
  3. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
badger
To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
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  1. To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
  2. To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester:
bedevil
To spoil; ruin.
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  1. To spoil; ruin.
  2. To possess as with a devil; bewitch
  3. To plague diabolically; torment; harass
beleaguer
To harass; beset:
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  1. To harass; beset:
  2. To beset, as with difficulties; harass
  3. To vex, harass, or beset.
beset
To trouble persistently; harass.
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  1. To trouble persistently; harass.
  2. To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
  3. To cover or set thickly with; stud
besiege
To crowd around; hem in:
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  1. To crowd around; hem in:
  2. (Figuratively) To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset.
  3. To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
harass
To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
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  1. To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
  2. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
  3. To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
hound
To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
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  1. To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
  2. To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
  3. To pressure or force from a place or situation:
importune
(Archaic) To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
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  1. (Archaic) To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.
  2. To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently.
  3. To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly
pester
To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
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  1. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
  2. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  3. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
plague
To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
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  1. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
  2. An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. &diamf3; Bubonic plague , the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
  3. To afflict with a plague
solicit
To approach for some immoral purpose, as a prostitute does
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  1. To approach for some immoral purpose, as a prostitute does
  2. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application:
  3. To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sex in exchange for payment.
maraud
To rove in search of plunder; make raids
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  1. To rove in search of plunder; make raids
  2. To rove and raid in search of plunder.
  3. To raid or pillage for spoils.
raid
To make a raid or raids (on)
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  1. To make a raid or raids (on)
  2. To conduct a raid or participate in one.
sack
(Slang) To dismiss (a person) from a job; discharge
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  1. (Slang) To dismiss (a person) from a job; discharge
  2. To put into a sack or sacks
  3. (Slang) To discharge from employment:
spoil
To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
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  1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  2. To rob; pillage; plunder
  3. (Archaic) To pillage; plunder
Find another word for harry. In this page you can discover 42 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for harry, like: pillage, despoil, lay-waste, annoy, pester, torment, attack, raid, ravage, steal and bother.

Sentence Examples

  • A change, however, came about towards the end of the century, when the Scandinavian freebooters known as Danes began to harry the coasts.

  • When the Israelites were journeying from Egypt to the land of Canaan, the Amalekites are said to have taken advantage of their weak condition to harry the stragglers in the rear, and as a judgment for their hostility it was ordained that their memory should be blotted out from under heaven (Deut.

  • Will you please tell Harry to write me a very long letter soon?

  • Pericles led a large squadron to harry the coasts of the Peloponnese, but met with little success.

  • Men so moved so to act could hardly be commonplace; and so among them we find characters strong and marked, with equal ability to rule and to obey, as William Bradford (1590-1657) and Brewster, Edward Winslow (1595-1655) and Miles Standish (1584-1656), John Winthrop (1588-1649) and Dr Samuel Fuller, and men so inflexible in their love of liberty and faith in man as Roger Williams and young Harry Vane.

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