Word: besieged
Source info: article, "Wounded British journalist is smuggled out of Syria" from the LA Times
Sentence: Paul Conroy, a British journalist who was injured in Syria in an attack that killed one of his colleagues, has been smuggled out of the besieged city of Homs and into neighboring Lebanon, sources close to the rescue operation said Tuesday.
Definition: besieged
-verb, to crowd around; crowd in upon; surround.
example:
The crowd besieged the victim, who had fallen to the ground after the fight.
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