Multiple choice

Directions: The question given below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the correct alternative.

If you torture a certain group of people for their ideology, religion etc., you

  1. prosecute them

  2. proscribe them

  3. persecute them

  4. none of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Persecute' means 'to afflict or harass constantly so as to injure or distress; oppress cruelly, esp. for reasons of religion, politics, or race'. 'Prosecute' means 'to follow up or pursue (something) to a conclusion'. 'Proscribe' means 'to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.'

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