Definition of "aggrieved" []

• Feeling distress or affliction. (adjective)
• Treated wrongly; offended. (adjective)
• Law Treated unjustly, as by denial of or infringement upon one's legal rights. (adjective)

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• "The "no victims, no excuses" motto, she stated, was extremely important because if one felt like a victim, one felt "aggrieved" or wronged, and "the twin to aggrieved is entitlement.""
• "My force has just decided that for the next month, on a trial basis, all crimes where the aggrieved is of a minority ethnic group will be allocated to an officer for investigation, regardless of the evidence or lack of."
• ""I was just going to say it first myself," said Edred, in aggrieved tones."