BEDEVIL

Be‐dev″il (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.] 1. 1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.
Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne. 2. 2. To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.