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A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
verb tr., intr.:
1. To harass, attack, or annoy, especially repeatedly.
2. To raid or pillage.
From Old English hergian. Ultimately from the Indo-European root koro- (war, host, army) which also gave us harbor, harbinger, herald, harness, hurry, and harangue. Earliest documented use: 1330.
"A campaign backed by the Polish government harries media outlets that carelessly say 'Polish death camps' (instead of 'Nazi German death camps in occupied Poland')."
Spit and Polish; The Economist (London, UK); Jun 16, 2012.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:The cruelest lies are often told in silence. -Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (1850-1894)