Definition of "oppressing" []

• Present participle of oppress. (verb)

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• "In addition, the federal government was also more involved than the states in oppressing American Indians and expelling them from theirland."
• "This lack of understanding frustrates Middle Class manager trying to enlist allies from the work force (the manager often tries to enlist help in oppressing the workers from the workers themselves)."
• "The rich and ungodly of the people are meant, who imitated the bad rulers in oppressing their poorer brethren, as if it enhanced their own joys to trample on others 'rights (Eze 34: 18)."