BULLYING
To intimidate, dominate, tyrannize, menace, overbear, willfully tyrannize.
To laugh at, to ridicule, to make fun of in a nasty way.
Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others, through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. Bullying can be defined in many different ways. Although the UK currently has no legal definition of bullying, some US states have laws against it. Bullying is usually done to coerce others by fear or threat.
Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as peer abuse.
Bullying can occur in any setting where human beings interact with each other. This includes school, religious community, business, politics, corporations, the workplace, home and neighborhoods. It is even a common push factor in migration. Bullying can exist between social groups, social classes, races, and even between countries.
