Usage Note
Hanter describes a ghost haunting a place, but is also used figuratively: une idée qui me hante means 'an idea that haunts me'. The adjective hanté ('haunted') describes spooky places — une maison hantée is a haunted house.
Examples
"Ce souvenir le hante depuis des années."
Natural Translation
That memory has haunted him for years.
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