To harass or importune, as with requests: Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.
To cause to feel distressed or worried: She was besieged by problems.
[Middle English besegen, probably alteration of assegen, from Old French assegier, from Vulgar Latin *assedicāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Vulgar Latin *sedicāre, to sit; see siege.] be·siege'ment n., be·sieg'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to surround with hostile forces: besiege a walled city; the enemy beleaguered the enclave; blockaded the harbor; investing a fortress; a castle sieged by invaders.