A social phenomenon conducted by an organized group of individuals whos intent is to cause harm or enforce a desired outcome upon an individual; by covertly [stalking to] gain information, building a psych profile of [targeted individual], and constantly harassing and undermining the psyche and livelihood of an individual via social proxy. For example, The group would learn of your standard daily/weekly routine, habits, likes and dislikes, interests, and goals. Once they have this information, via false allegation or accusation, they can trick people into willingly complying with their schemes to frame you as the bad guy, or drive you into committing a crime. You could be relaxing, only to have people intentionally and aggressively approach you as if attacking, then turn away at the last moment and pretend that they have no idea what you are getting so anxious about. The goal of this is to 1, make you feel unsafe. 2, make you react violently so they can claim assault, or worse, murder you in self defense. 3, try to make you yourself question your own sanity. 4, coerce an admission of guilt, or make a certain decision to make the ubiquitous torment end.
it could be state law, scorned ex, [baby mamma] custody, or Even high school cliques bullying into suicide. For more information, view [the TED] TALK by [Hubertus] Knabe called The dark secrets of a surveillance state. about [stazi] police in east germany.