"إضطهد" - Translation from Arabic to English

From behind a veil of secrecy, its boss and his men tyrannize and rob our citizens.
وتحت قناع من السرية .. إضطهد زعيمهم ورجاله مواطنينا ونهبوهم

I will say, however, that both Jared and Gracie... were persecuted by the members of their former church.
أنا سأقول، على أية حال، الذي كلا جاريد وجرايسي... إضطهد من قبل الأعضاء كنيستهم السابقة.