Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head.
ter·ror·ize terrorizes terrorizing terrorized in BRIT, also use terrorise If someone terrorizes you, they keep you in a state of fear by making it seem likely that they will attack you. Bands of gunmen have hijacked food shipments and terrorized relief workers. to deliberately frighten people by threatening to harm them, especially so they will do what you want be terrorized into doing sth