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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beleaguer/bɪˈliːɡə/

▶verb (usu. as adj. beleaguered)

1 lay siege to.

2 put in a very difficult situation.

– origin C16: from Du. belegeren ‘camp round’.

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beleaguer - crunch

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