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third-person singular simple present bedevils, present participle bedeviling or bedevilling, simple past and past participle bedeviled or bedevilled
To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. quotations examples
Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.
1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times
Michael De Santa (Ned Luke): You know, Devin [Devin Winston], the way I see it, and hey, I'm no intelligent businessman like you, but the way I see it, there's two great evils that bedevil American capitalism of the type that you practice.
2013, Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto V, scene: The Third Way
To perplex or bewilder. examples
(originally) To possess (someone's mind). examples