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H0055900 (hə-răs′, hăr′əs)tr.v. ha·rassed, ha·rass·ing, ha·rass·es 1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.2. To irritate or torment persistently: His mind was harassed by doubts and misgivings.3. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).

[French harasser, from Old French (a la) harache, (a la) harace (as in courre a la harache, to chase) : hare, call used to set dogs on (of Germanic origin; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + -ache, -ace, deprecative n. suff.]

ha·rass′er n.ha·rass′ment n.Synonyms: harass, harry, hound, badger, pester, plague
These verbs mean to trouble persistently or incessantly. Harass and harry imply systematic persecution by besieging with repeated annoyances, threats, or demands: The landlord harassed the tenants who were behind in their rent. "John Adams and John Quincy Adams, pillars of personal rectitude, were harried throughout their presidencies by accusations of corruption, fraud, and abuses of power" (Alan Brinkley and Davis Dyer).
Hound suggests unrelenting pursuit to gain a desired end: Reporters hounded the celebrity for an interview. To badger is to nag or entreat persistently: The child badgered his parents for a new bicycle. To pester is to inflict a succession of petty annoyances: "How she would have pursued and pestered me with questions and surmises" (Charlotte Brontë).
Plague refers to a problem likened to a noxious disease: "As I have no estate, I am plagued with no tenants or stewards" (Henry Fielding).Usage Note: The pronunciation of harass with stress on the first syllable (rhyming roughly with Paris) is the older, traditional pronunciation. The pronunciation with stress on the second syllable (rhyming roughly with surpass) is a newer pronunciation that first occurred in American English. Its use has steadily increased since the mid-1900s. In our 1987 survey, 50 percent of the Usage Panel preferred the pronunciation with stress on the first syllable, and 50 percent preferred stress on the second syllable. Fourteen years later, in our 2001 survey, preference for stress on the first syllable dropped to 30 percent while preference for stress on the second syllable rose to 70 percent. The results from our 2013 survey suggest that this trend away from the traditional pronunciation has continued: only 10 percent preferred the stress on the first syllable, whereas 90 percent preferred the pronunciation with the stress on the second syllable. In fact, in 2013, 35 percent of the Panel considered the pronunciation with the stress on the first syllable to be unacceptable. The original pronunciation has almost completely given way in only a few decades, at least in the United States.

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(həˈræs mənt, ˈhær əs-)
n. 1. the act of harassing. 2. the fact of being harassed. [1750–60]

harassment

An incident in which the primary objective is to disrupt the activities of a unit, installation, or ship, rather than to inflict serious casualties or damage.

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dun See SOLICITATION.

from pillar to post See DIRECTION.

get off [someone’s] back To stop bothering, irritating, or criticizing another person; similar to the currently popular get off [someone’s] case. This expression is usually spoken in the command form by a desperate victim of incessant nagging or harassment.

Then stop picking on me, will you? Get off my back, will you? (Joseph Heller, Catch-22, 1961)

the heat’s on The police are hot on one’s trail; the pressure is on. Heat can refer to a gun, a policeman, or other external source of pressure. In this originally U.S. slang expression dating from the early 20th century, heat combines the latter two meanings.

But the word went out that the government heat was on. The FBI was known to be relentless in its pursuit. (H. Corey, Farewell, Mr. Gangster, 1936)

The heat’s on currently applies to any pressure-ridden situation, though its most frequent usage is still police-related.

make it hot for To make things very uncomfortable or unpleasant for someone, especially through repeated harassment or persecution; to make trouble for. This expression and the variant to make it too hot for were precursors of the American slang phrase to turn the heat on ‘to apply pressure to.’

Caesar Augustus thought good to make that practice too hot for them. (Edmund Bolton, The Roman Histories of Lucius Julius Florus, translated 1618)

play cat and mouse with To tease, toy with, or torment; to be engaged in a power struggle in which one takes the role of cat, or oppressor, and victimizes the mouse, or weaker party; to outwit one’s opponent; to take part in a round of near capture and escape. The Cat-and-mouse Act, a nickname for the Prisoners Act of 1913 which enabled hunger strikers to be released temporarily, popularized use of the phrase cat and mouse in the early 1900s.

The Administration played a curious cat-and-mouse game with the Jewish self-defence organization. (Arthur Koestier, Promise and Fulfillment, 1949)

ride herd on See DOMINATION.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	harassment - a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"tormentvexation, annoyance, chafe - anger produced by some annoying irritation
	2.	harassment - the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticismmolestationmistreatment - the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"baiting - harassment especially of a tethered animalbadgering, bedevilment, worrying, torment - the act of harassing someonesexual harassment - unwelcome sexual behavior by a supervisor toward an employeetantalization, teasing, ribbing, tease - the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"witch-hunt - searching out and harassing dissenters

harassment

noun hassle, trouble, bother, grief (informal), torment, irritation, persecution (informal), nuisance, badgering, annoyance, pestering, aggravation (informal), molestation, vexation, bedevilment 51 percent of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment.

harassment

nounThe act of annoying:annoyance, botheration, bothering, exasperation, irritation, pestering, provocation, vexation.

Translations

骚扰困扰烦恼讨厌的东西或人

harass

(ˈhӕrəs) , ((especially American) həˈras) verb1. to annoy or trouble (a person) constantly or frequently. The children have been harassing me all morning.使困扰2. to make frequent sudden attacks on (an enemy). The army was constantly harassed by groups of terrorists. 不断攻击（敌人） ˈharassed adjectivea harassed mother. 烦恼的，厌烦的 ˈharassment nounHe complained of harassment by the police. 骚扰，烦恼，困扰 sexual harassmentsex

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harassment

(either harris-meant or huh-rass-meant) n. the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill, or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious. Such activities may be the basis for a lawsuit if due to discrimination based on race or sex, a violation on the statutory limitations on collection agencies, involve revenge by an ex-spouse, or be shown to be a form of blackmail ("I'll stop bothering you, if you'll go to bed with me"). The victim may file a petition for a "stay away" (restraining) order, intended to prevent contact by the offensive party. A systematic pattern of harassment by an employee against another worker may subject the employer to a lawsuit for failure to protect the worker. (See: harass, sexual harassment)

harassment

1 the offence in England of using threatening or abusive or insulting words within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be harassed thereby: Public Order Act 1986. 2 conduct which may require a person to be given legal protection in terms of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. For these purposes harassment is not defined but it includes causing the person alarm or distress. For the courts to act under this legislation the harassment was caused by a course of conduct. This is defined in the Act as conduct on more than one occasion. It need not be the same conduct on each occasion. There are defences such as that the conduct was reasonable in the circumstances. It is not open to plead as a defence that it was not intended by the alleged offender that alarm be caused. It is enough if his or her conduct would cause harassment, if a reasonable person, in possession of the same information, would think that the course of conduct would have that effect. Similar rules apply in Scotland. 3 it is an offence in England to harass a person with demands for payment that are calculated to subject him or his household to alarm, distress or humiliation, or to pretend that criminal proceedings might be possible if payment is not made: Administration of Justice Act 1970. 4 harassment is not of itself a tort but the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, effectively creates a statutory tort and delict in Scotland. 5 sexual harassment of employees has become a rhetorical focus in employment law- a way of unfairly dismissing or a way of creating circumstances such that the ‘victim needs to resign and claim constructive dismissal. See UNFAIR DISMISSAL. 6 special powers exist where there is harrassment of a person in his or her home: Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. The police have power to direct persons to leave the vicinity of residential premises, if their presence or behaviour there is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and failure to comply is itself an offence. 7 collective harassment arises where there is a campaign of harassment by more than one person.

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Country: United States of America
State: NevadaI recently moved to nev.from abut have been going back to ca. every 2 to 3 weeks for med. reasons and when I go a friend has a hotel room for me to stay in which is usually 2to5days each visit and every time I stay there I have been harassed by people I do not know they don't come up to me personally but when I walk to my car or even when im in my room they yell obscenities at me they are constantly arguing about me and they have said my name im not sure who these people are since none have ever confronted me yet they must know who I am because of my name which is not a common name so I do know its me they are harassing also as of the last few times I spent there I have recorded them harassing me and on one recording they even mention my daughter who just turned 15yrs old my friend is at work all day and has not heard them but has listened to my recordings and does not know who these people are either I don't know if they are staying at the hotel or if they live somewhere nea ruby or if they are management of this hotel but I do believe that one of the woman on the recording is someone that works there and now since they have mentioned my daughter and the things they say I am worried about mine and my daughters safety along with our privacy if in fact the hotel moment is involved, do I go to police and file something even though I don't know these people or do I get legal help first or submit my recordings to the police so they can investigate who is on them? these recordings are very graphic in what these people are yelling and the hate in there voices is very frightening what should I do?

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Yes file a police report...and ask the police to intervene--

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