oppress

Verbs

  • (v) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    • The government oppresses political activists
    crush, suppress,
  • (v) cause to suffer
    • Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union
    persecute,

Synonyms

crush suppress persecute

Words of close approximity

oppressed oppression oppressive oppressively oppressiveness oppressor