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  • verb Present participle of to harass.

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Examples

  • Google is worried about one main diktat: that Internet intermediaries are responsible for all objectionable content, which it defines as "harassing," "grossly harmful" or "ethnically objectionable," if they don't remove it when the government asks them to.

    Google's Jitters Over India Harsh Joshi 2011

  • It's one thing to learn that Brett Favre may or may not be involved in harassing former Jets employee Jenn Sterger with creepy voicemails and cell phone pics of his private parts.

    Mickey Mantle Naked Picture Is Legitimate, Man Claims The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The GOP has been very successful in harassing qualified applicants in the selection of Obama's cabinet.

    Clinton again rips into vetting process 2009

  • It's one thing to learn that Brett Favre may or may not be involved in harassing former Jets employee Jenn Sterger with creepy voicemails and cell phone pics of his private parts.

    Mickey Mantle Naked Picture Is Legitimate, Man Claims The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • What was disappointing this year was that Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd could not even agree on working together in harassing the Japanese whaling fleet.

    Japanese whale hunters kill mother and calf 2008

  • What was disappointing this year was that Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd could not even agree on working together in harassing the Japanese whaling fleet.

    Japanese whale hunters kill mother and calf 2008

  • I was lucky to avoid burglary but not so fortunate as to avoid the Police whose unflagging interest in harassing drivers was their only visible function.

    Archive 2007-11-25 Newmania 2007

  • I was lucky to avoid burglary but not so fortunate as to avoid the Police whose unflagging interest in harassing drivers was their only visible function.

    Should I ? Newmania 2007

  • I was lucky to avoid burglary but not so fortunate as to avoid the Police whose unflagging interest in harassing drivers was their only visible function.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Newmania 2007

  • On the other hand, you have the shameful role of blogs in harassing a Jewish family that had the gall to complain about sectarian propaganda in their public schools, and the use of blogs as shaming devices in China.

    Peer Produced Harassment 2006

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