Verb (used with object), : an issue bedeviled by prejudices. ,a new building bedeviled by elevator failures.    From Dictionary.com. 

South Africa was still "bedeviled" by racism and Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale's family's experiences in a Rouxville, Free.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It rallied again, a figure bedeviled by vacillation.    From Wordnik.com.  [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference

Health care has bedeviled the U.S. Policy for decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2009] Reference

"You've solved a problem that has bedeviled poets for centuries.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Session With My Poetry Coach] Reference

But these same Republicans have been bedeviled by corruption charges.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 31, 2006] Reference

BORDAL: Bunyan is still shy, still bedeviled by issues of self-confidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vashti Bunyan: 40 Years Later, A Musical Rebirth] Reference

You know, something that has bedeviled presidents since Franklin Roosevelt.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2008] Reference

But other Italian exorcists say the shots invade the privacy of the bedeviled.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Devil Made Him Do It] Reference

It gives an honest solution to a problem that has bedeviled this country for decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2007] Reference

A quarter of a century ago, Jimmy Carter's presidency was bedeviled by the Iran hostage crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2006] Reference

But they may have some time to deal with the problem that has bedeviled them now since Wednesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2006] Reference

JON KYL (R), ARIZONA: If we don't try, this problem that has bedeviled us for years will continue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2007] Reference

While hurricanes have bedeviled the Gulf coast region for years, global warming is making matters worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2005] Reference

And it just doesn't exist, and this is a problem that has bedeviled this process from the very beginning.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2006] Reference

But he was bedeviled by problems of his own, including a thin legislative record and sluggish fundraising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlie Rangel Wins Election Fight Amid Ethics Rap] Reference

Then, again, what to do about North Korea has been a question that has bedeviled many U.S. administrations.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 11, 2003] Reference

Similar concerns bedeviled the proposed Rio Tinto deal with Aluminum Corp. of China that collapsed last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [WSJ: Potash Defenses Lie Closer to Home] Reference

(Soundbite of drumming) REEVES: A few hundred years ago, this road was bedeviled by highwaymen known as thugs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Riddle On Grand Trunk Road: Where To Begin?] Reference

But I'll tell you this problem, as you know, has bedeviled president and administrations going back to Kennedy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2005] Reference

FRANKEN (voice over): Senator Clinton's campaign has been bedeviled by her vote in 2002 to authorize the Iraq invasion.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2007] Reference

MESERVE: The first 28 miles of the high-tech system in the Arizona desert has been bedeviled by equipment that didn't work.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2008] Reference

Corruption scandals have bedeviled Croatia's efforts to attract investors, as has the slowness of its privatization efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Escape To The Balkans] Reference

LAWRENCE SHEETS reporting: Separatist conflicts, mutinies, and warlords have bedeviled Georgia since the breakup of the USSR.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tensions Rise Between Russia and Georgia] Reference

And yet, the caucus operation in Iowa has bedeviled even many of your own pundits, and the primary system is almost Byzantine.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 16, 2004] Reference

For years, the Strait of Malacca — a narrow but vital waterway between Malaysia and Indonesia — was bedeviled by buccaneers.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Japan Could Save the World] Reference

For nearly two decades the question of how to restore stability to Somalia has bedeviled regional powers and US administrations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maria Burnett: How Not to Address the Uganda Bombings] Reference

There are many, many issues -- cultural questions, issues that have bedeviled the United States for a hundred years in this area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee - February 23, 2000] Reference

He was perfect in his line, though sadly at a disadvantage; ravished from his forest-world, and bedeviled with alien civilization.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

What's more, national-team contests like the Euros or the World Cup are bedeviled by the age-old conflict between club and country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking for a Hero] Reference

Even important competition cases, such as the American government's case against Microsoft, can be bedeviled at the remedial stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antitrust in a High-Tech World] Reference

Tonight on "NEWSNIGHT," Bob Woodward's new book has driven much of the news this week and bedeviled a lot of people in high places.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2004] Reference

Corruption is not exactly unheard of in Illinois, so why has this story bedeviled Ryan for three years and all but wrecked his career?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Bush And Gop Dodged A Big Ol' Semi] Reference

And again, I point out, that that bedeviled Congress for 10 years, and then the president was able to work that out with the Congress.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2002] Reference

But walking around the shop these days is like a taking a tour through the quandaries that have bedeviled armchair scientists for ages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dumb Stunts, Smart Show] Reference

It has bedeviled the FBI for years, and it is thought to be the reason the FBI is now working on a mysterious project called Magic Lantern.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 12, 2002] Reference

White House officials point to Somalia, where U.N. forces are still bedeviled by the relatively untrained and ill-equipped forces of local warlords.    From Wordnik.com.  [We'll Only Go With Nato] Reference

And then, they say, they promise to deal with the problems that have bedeviled the city for a long time between the police department and the African-American community -- Kyra.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2001] Reference