oppress
verb (used with object)
to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power.
have oppressed
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present perfectof oppress.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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That, clearly, did not happen; computers, and particularly networked computers — meaning, the modern Internet — have oppressed us in new ways unforeseen by our utopian hippie forebears.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2019
We’re heartened by the examples of men who have oppressed women and are finally being caught.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2017
In his will of 1259, he admitted to having concerns that he may have oppressed peasants on his lands.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2015
He was a boyish man who died young, and perhaps if he had gamboled into old age he would have oppressed his sons.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh, dear lady!" replied the monarch; "you must know that since I have been in this castle, some thoughts have oppressed my mind that I was not before aware of."
From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James
