to harry

To harry is to annoy or trouble repeatedly — just ask any younger sibling! This word comes from Old English and has been causing chaos for centuries. Just don't let it harry your peace of mind!

More about harry
From Old English (450–1150) herian, meaning “to pillage.”
From the Proto-Germanic root *harjaz, meaning “army;” related to German verheeren, meaning “to devastate.”
EXAMPLES OF HARRY

The celebrity avoided the reporters who tended to harry her with endless questions.
Guilt harries his thoughts and refuses to let him rest.

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Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action-thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first appearance as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the real-life case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath.

Dirty Harry was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. It was followed by four sequels: Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983, and The Dead Pool in 1988.

In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant".