oppressor
Example Sentences
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Davila told me that she changed the lyrics, plugging in Ortega’s name for other oppressors mentioned in the original.
From Washington Post
You can’t have real freedom of speech unless you first silence some oppressors.
From Seattle Times
Q: Rufo would say that these programs pit people in two camps against one another, dividing people between oppressors and oppressed.
From Washington Post
Usually the parents are played as this one-dimensional oppressor.
From New York Times
They were told they’d be welcomed as heroes for liberating Ukraine from what Russian officials falsely claim are Nazi oppressors, and their Western backers, and that Kyiv would fall without bloodshed within a week.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
