harry
verb
[ ˈhari ]
• persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory).
• "the raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area"
Similar:
attack,
assail,
assault,
maraud,
ravage,
devastate,
wreak havoc on,
plunder,
rob,
sack,
ransack,
raid,
pillage,
lay waste to,
despoil,
depredate,
reave,
spoliate,
Origin:
Old English herian, hergian, of Germanic origin, probably influenced by Old French harier, in the same sense.
