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The government says the main legislation relevant to spiking is Section 24 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861, which includes maliciously administering poison with intent to injure, aggrieve or annoy that person.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024

“That is going to aggrieve the victims of the institution of slavery, which are the direct descendants of the enslaved people in the United States,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

It wasn’t to aggrieve one particular sense of wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2015

The morals still aggrieve him and, even with Terry no longer around, that makes it a calculated gamble on Hodgson's part.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2013

Sir Claude, I think that what you have said does you little honor, and if my words aggrieve you I am ever ready to go deeper into the matter with you.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“You should not feel aggrieved nor should you ever put that in writing,” Todd Webster, another lobbyist Navatek hired, replied.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

But talks broke down in dramatic fashion, leaving both sides aggrieved and accusing the other of negotiating in bad faith.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Will Nigel Farage ditch the "aggrieved" tone he has been accused of adopting recently?

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

If not, wouldn’t that invite pretty harsh recriminations from either aggrieved investors or motivated regulators and prosecutors?

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

On the floor of his mother’s bedroom, as the aggrieved thirteen- year-old struggled to contain his fear, Shin’s camp-bred instincts took over: he had to tell a guard.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Medium has taken different strategic paths, sometimes aggrieving writers with its sudden shifts in focus.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022

For writers, editors, graphic designers, and others on gig work platforms, navigating resellers have become an aggrieving part of the grind that can border on deceitful.

From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2022

It is an unorthodox interview because the Football Association, mindful of aggrieving City, have asked Lescott to keep the subject to England and not discuss club issues when, of course, the two are intrinsically linked.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013

How does Moscow satisfy the growing hunger for self-rule in the republics without aggrieving the large numbers of local Russians?

From Time Magazine Archive

But the next day he began to look into the matter, the investigation was continued for a time, though no one had the slightest idea who had been the aggrieving parties.

From The Fisher Girl by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson