atormentar

v. torment, torture, agonize, persecute

v. torment, torture, persecute, agonize, pester

= put + Nombre + on the rack, torment, gnaw (at), tantalise [tantalize, -USA], torture.
Ex: The article 'Putting publishers on the rack' discusses the implications for publishers of supermarkets' greater interest in books.
Ex: Modern scholars are tormented by the abundance of electronically transmittable information available.
Ex: The rugby league is increasingly beset by a financial reward system that gnaws at its prime resource -- the players.
Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.
Ex: They tortured her into revealing her Pin number and safe code before cutting her up and disposing of her in bin liners.