hounding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of hound

noun

1. Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless.

   “Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive.”

2. (dated)The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.