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acribillar

/akɾibiˈʝaɾ/

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verb/akɾibiˈʝaɾ/

to riddle, pepper (with holes, bullets etc.); to pester, badger

“El pueblo debe defenderse, pero no sacrificarse. El pueblo no debe dejarse arrasar ni acribillar, pero tampoco puede humillarse.” — The people must defend themselves, but they must not sacrifice themselves. The people must not let themselves be destroyed or riddled with bullets, but they cannot be humiliated either.

From a- + Late Latin cribellō (“to sift”).