#persecutor__tormentor__tormenter  someone who torments
  supertype:  oppressor  a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
  subtype:  pest__blighter__cuss__pesterer__gadfly  a persistently annoying person
     subtype:  nudnik__nudnick  (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
  subtype:  tantalizer__tantaliser  someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
  subtype:  witch-hunter__witchhunter  someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions

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