· annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
Synonym(s): tease, badger, pester, bug
Hypernym(s): torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
· surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
Synonym(s): besiege, surround, hem_in, circumvent