Words similar to oppressed

Example sentences for: oppressed

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"And if the aim of the intervention is to protect oppressed minorities, why, people ask, doesn't NATO intervene in Turkey, whose human rights record vis-a-vis the Kurds is as bad as it can be?"
1 Whoever rebels, 2 dafring 3 oppose 4 by 5 fighting 6 when oppressed, 7 which overcomes, conquers, (11 words!)
The law in Northern Colorado remains as complex as it is anywhere else, but the willingness of attorneys to take on pro bono work in defense of the "defenseless or oppressed" appears to be exemplary.
Alexander Portnoy, after he outgrows his autoerotic obsession, works for the liberal John Lindsay administration in New York City and does his best to demonstrate his concern for the poor and the oppressed.
In the late 1980s, purported connections with the Ku Klux Klan so damaged the reputation of athletic-wear manufacturer Troop (whose name was rumored to be a Ku Klux Klan acronym for "To Rule Over Oppressed People") that it was forced into bankruptcy.