Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Terrorize \Ter"ror*ize\, v. t. [Cf. F. terroriser.]
   To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

         Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and
         terrorized by ecclesiastical authority.  --J. A.
                                                  Symonds.

Source : WordNet®

terrorize
     v 1: coerce by violence or with threats [syn: {terrorise}]
     2: fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: {terrify}, {terrorise}]