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
In his opinion, Watson wrote “because the model policies are directed only to school boards, they cannot affect or aggrieve anyone other than the school boards.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021
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
The mighty mother cannot find it in her heart to pronounce a decision which must aggrieve one of such a devoted pair.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
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