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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesपीچھا करना
Native Script:पीछा करना
Pronunciation / Transliteration: peecha karna
"किसी का पीछा करना एक कानूनी अपराध है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act or crime of willfully and repeatedly following or harassing another person, causing fear of injury or distress.
"She reported him to the police for persistent stalking and online harassment."
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Pursuing or approaching stealthily, or persistently following someone in a threatening or obsessive manner.
"The detective spent days stalking the suspect through the crowded streets."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English verb 'stalken', meaning to walk warily or stealthily, originating from Old English 'stearclic' or related to 'stalke' (a stem or stalk of a plant). Over centuries, the meaning shifted from stealthy hunting of game in nature to the persistent, unwanted following and surveillance of a person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stalking" is said worldwide
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harcèlement
Transliteration: arsèlman
"Le harcèlement est puni par la loi."
Nachstellung
Transliteration: nah-shtel-oong
"Er wurde wegen Nachstellung verurteilt."
atti persecutori
Transliteration: at-ti per-se-ku-to-ri
"Il reato di stalking è punito severamente."
acoso
Transliteration: a-ko-so
"El acoso callejero es un problema grave."
perseguição
Transliteration: per-se-gi-são
"Ela denunciou o crime de perseguição."
पीچھا करना
Transliteration: peecha karna
Script: पीछा करना
"किसी का पीछा करना एक कानूनी अपराध है।"
跟踪
Transliteration: gēn zōng
"他因涉嫌跟踪他人而被捕。"
스토킹
Transliteration: seu-tol-king
"그는 스토킹 혐의로 기소되었습니다."
ストーカー行為
Transliteration: sutōkā kōi
"ストーカー行為は法律で禁止されています。"
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