besiege

present singular third person besieges · participle present besieging · participle past besieged · past besieged

1. transitiveTo beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
2. figurativelytransitiveTo beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.

   They should have inflicted a much heavier loss on their besieged opponents, the highlight being a late goal for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins on debut after he came on as a substitute.

   2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport

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   When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.

   1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325

3. transitiveTo assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

   The box office was besieged by fans wanting tickets.