oppress
verb (used with object)
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annoy, afflict, torture, overwhelm, suppress, vex, trample, maltreat, harass, persecute, subjugate, torment, force, distress, dispirit, tax, smother, strain, hound, worryExamples from the Web for oppress
Contemporary Examples of oppress
Instead, it was proof the government is out to oppress them.
Few will be heartened by the fact that the debt will oppress race-neutrally.
Sure, as Sotomayor wrote, “democratically approved legislation can oppress minority groups.”
Affirmative Action Isn’t Oppressive, but the Roberts Court Wants to End It AnywayMike Sacks
April 23, 2014
You can only oppress a community for so long before they will fight with toothpicks against machine guns.
Hamas claims to be fighting for freedom while invoking laws that oppress women and religious minorities.
Historical Examples of oppress
And do they not make use of your own generosity to oppress you?
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
How you oppress me, my dearest friend, with your politeness!
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
But I will not oppress you, my dearest friend, with further reflections of this sort.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
White FangJack London
The code he learned was to obey the strong and to oppress the weak.
White FangJack London