persecution

1. The act or practice of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor.

2. The condition of being persecuted.

3. The act or practice of especially those who differ in origin, religion, or social outlook.

4. The condition of being , harassed, or annoyed.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
persecution	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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poetries	10
pointers	10
porniest	10
potences	12
pouncers	12
poutines	10
precents	12
precious	12
prentice	12
preunite	10
proteins	10
pruinose	10
pruniest	10
receipts	12
recopies	12
recounts	10
repoints	10
resupine	10
retinues	8
reunites	8
roupiest	10
routines	8
ructions	10
secretin	10
seicento	10
serotine	8
sinecure	10
snoutier	8
terpenic	12
tropines	10
trounces	10
unerotic	10
unpoetic	12
unripest	10

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ceintures	11
centuries	11
cinereous	11
copresent	13
countries	11
croupiest	13
entropies	11
enuretics	11
erections	11
eruptions	11
inceptors	13
inspector	13
interpose	11
neoterics	11
neurotics	11
outpreens	11
outprices	13
potencies	13
prentices	13
prescient	13
preunites	11
prosecute	13
reception	13
reinspect	13
resection	11
secretion	11

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
putrescine	14
receptions	14
supertonic	14

11 Letters	Scrabble® Points
persecution	15