repeated acts which could be constituted by words or other machinations, to degrade ones quality of life and cause a change to ones mental or physical state. repeated acts which could be constituted by words or other machinations, to degrade ones quality of life and cause a change to ones mental or physical state. A college professor inspires a student, in numerous personal conversations, to go to graduate school. The student follows that advice and finds that his/her quality of life is considerably degraded: no money, no free time, perpetual lack of sleep...
This seems to fit right into the wording: the professor must be punished.
Why would a Frenchman now talk to anybody about anything?