terrorise
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fill with terror; frighten greatly
coerce by violence or with threats
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Adrian moves to Cumberland where Lionel, who bears a grudge against Adrian and his family for the neglect of the Verney family, intends to terrorise and confront Adrian.
Mann, pg. 260 In 1125, accompanied by an armed following, Pons took possession of Cluny Abbey, melted down the treasures stored in the monastery, and paid his followers, who continued to terrorise the monks and the villages dependent upon the abbey.
Now he imagines that he can make Kemp his secret confederate, describing his plan to begin a "Reign of Terror" by using his invisibility to terrorise the nation.
As Hooper moved up the rugby ranks, he may not have found it as easy to terrorise teammates and opponents alike, but he still managed to retain many of the traits he developed in Manly.
Everybody is going to terrorise my high flat.
“I used to do it, but I stopped because police used to come up and terrorise us with the selling.”