oppressed

suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority <setting out on a quixotic quest to right wrongs and to raise up the oppressed peoples of the world> Synonyms crushed, downtrodden, persecuted, tyrannizedRelated Words browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hectored, intimidated; abused, maltreated, mistreated; abject, despairing, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, hopeless