aggrieve
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The government says the main legislation relevant to spiking is Section 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, which includes maliciously administering poison with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy that person.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024
“That is going to aggrieve the victims of the institution of slavery, which are the direct descendants of the enslaved people in the United States,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022
It wasn’t to aggrieve one particular sense of wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2015
The morals still aggrieve him and, even with Terry no longer around, that makes it a calculated gamble on Hodgson's part.
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2013
Indeed there are generally many things connected with his career in Washington to disgust and dispirit, if not to aggrieve, the new member.
From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow
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