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terrorize

 verb
     
ter‧ror‧ize also terrorise British English [transitive]
to deliberately frighten people by threatening to harm them, especially so they will do what you want
be terrorized into doing something
Many people have been terrorized into leaving.
gangs who terrorize the neighbourhood
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