Definition of "harrying"

The Colombians' ire was raised even more 10 minutes later when the referee showed a yellow card to [James] Rodríguez – who was apoplectic at the decision – for an innocuous trip that was, as Rodríguez vociferously pointed out with multiple hand gestures, a first offense compared with Fernandinho's harrying.

2014 July 5, Sam Borden, “For bellicose Brazil, payback carries heavy price: Loss of Neymar ”, in The New York Times‎

The northern pirates were now swarming on every sea, and the coasts of Britain, Gaul, and Germany were all alike desolated by their harryings.

1871, The British Quarterly Review