| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| punished | Subject (someone or something) to severe and debilitating treatment |
| punishes | Subject (someone or something) to severe and debilitating treatment |
| persecutes | Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, esp. because of their race or political or religious beliefs |
| persecute | Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, esp. because of their race or political or religious beliefs |
| ridiculed | Subject (someone or something) to mockery and derision |
| ridiculing | Subject (someone or something) to mockery and derision |
| ridicules | Subject (someone or something) to mockery and derision |
