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hector
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synonyms: bullyrag ???
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Definition:To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Joseph remained to hector over tenants and labourers; and because it was his vocation to be where he had plenty of wickedness to reprove.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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