beleaguer

beleaguer (http://definr.com/beleaguer)

     v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
          his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, harass, pester,
           bug]
     2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
        Vienna" [syn: besiege, surround, hem in, circumvent]