Usually means: Surrounds a place with armed forces.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. besieges: Merriam-Webster
  2. besieges: Collins English Dictionary
  3. besieges: Vocabulary.com
  4. besieges: Wordnik
  5. besieges: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. besieges: Wiktionary
  7. besieges: Dictionary.com
  8. besieges: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. besieges: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. besieges: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (besiege)

verb:  (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
verb:  to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.
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