虐しいたげる

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈人ひと〉が〈人ひと〉を虐しいたげるfor someone (typically the powerful) to oppress someone else (typically the weak)

  独どく裁さい者しゃは長なが年ねんにわたり国こく民みんを虐しいたげてきた。

  The dictator oppressed the people for many years.

• 〈人ひと〉に虐しいたげられるto be oppressed/persecuted by someone

  少しょう数すう民みん族ぞくは多た数すう派はに虐しいたげられてきた歴れき史しがある。

  The ethnic minority has a history of being oppressed by the majority.

Expressions

• 虐しいたげられた人ひと々びとthe oppressed; downtrodden people