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Terrorize (Verb)

Fill with terror; frighten greatly.

Verbs of feeling.

Coerce by violence or with threats.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The gang members would often terrorize their neighborhood, extorting money from local shopkeepers and threatening anyone who refused to pay.
Terrorize is the wrong word choice here but, Gangs often terrorize innocent citizens in war zones.
In some prisons, the inmates with more seniority would terrorize the new arrivals, forcing them to do their bidding.
They began to terrorize her, making threats and following her everywhere she went, until she finally went to the police for help.
A classic example can be bullies often working in groups and terrorize fellow students in schools by threatening or fighting.