Definition of "oppressed" []

• Subject to oppression. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of oppress. (verb)

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• "Iranian state media say Iranian activists are preparing to send a flotilla to Bahrain next week to show solidarity with what they call the "oppressed people" of the majority Shi'ite Gulf island state."
• "The inadequacy of federal, state, and local support for poor children in Mississippi is underlined by this startling fact: The after-school tutoring and reading programs in Quitman and three other Delta counties are financed by what is essentially foreign aid, The Bernard van Leer Foundation of the Netherlands -- which focuses on children and families in what it refers to as oppressed societies."
• "PAC military wing, APLA commander, Mr Romero Daniels, said if killings of black people continue, Apla may be forced to retaliate on behalf of what he called the oppressed, SABC radio news reports."