wronged

Definition of wrongednext
past tense of wrong

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Verb
  • Legal experts said Ohio State might have legal grounds to remove Leo DiSabato and other former OSU students who were victimized by Strauss prior to 1986.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 11 May 2026
  • Barrera also described being victimized by crime in the neighborhood.
    Da Lin, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • In the meantime, Russian writers that have been genuinely oppressed within Russia also experience marginalization on the international market.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • And the Irish were oppressed by imperialism, for hundreds of years, and President Kennedy was an Irish Catholic.
    Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • No animals or people were harmed.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Another neighbor, who didn’t respond to CNN’s request for comment, also harassed him with drones, Connell said.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • And more than 1 in 5 Asian American Pacific Islanders reported being harassed or insulted in the past year because of their race.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • My parents were supporters of the anti-apartheid movement and various family members were persecuted for being so also.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • When hunted, poisoned, and persecuted, the coyotes scattered and regrouped, their numbers surging a hundred-fold.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The district attorney’s office also has filed felony child endangerment charges against a Yorba Linda father whose 12-year-old son was critically injured after crashing a modified e-motorcycle allegedly capable of speeds up to 60 mph.
    Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • Carter formed a duo with friend and singer Calvin Scott, but his collaborator was later seriously injured in an automobile accident.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Inside are museum spaces that tell the story of Obama’s Presidency, grounded in the country’s tormented racial history.
    Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • In 1976, the Legislature turned the California Coastal Commission into a permanent agency that has tormented property owners and localities ever since.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • In 2017, the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission determined ther was credible evidence that Day was tortured into a false confession.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • On the device was a recording lasting over seven hours that allegedly captured the sound of Torbick being tortured, prosecutors reportedly said.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
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“Wronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wronged. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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