bedevil

Definition

To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.

Etymology

From be- + devil.

Example Sentences

• "Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes."
• "Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz."
• "Such amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges — a cherished term for a falling out — after another"