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persecuted
adjective as in aggrieved
adjective as in downtrodden
Strongest matches
adjective as in oppressed
Example Sentences
The group’s statement warned that “those forces have returned,” recalling what it called “a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.”
“The fact remains that Comey is being persecuted, not prosecuted, for putting service to the nation above obedience to a man,” the Guardian’s Lawrence Douglas wrote.
Instead, she lives in a trailer on the homestead, where she feels persecuted by the blazing sun that her tree canopy used to shield her from.
"Let us protect religious liberty," he told the UN, "including for the most persecuted religion on the planet today – it's called Christianity."
My grandparents knew first hand what it was to be persecuted for who you were and what you thought or said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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