WRONGING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

wronging

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present participle of wrong

as in victimizing

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Sacramento County sheriff’s officials said Davis was accused of victimizing over 80 children throughout the United States, children from California and 25 other states, including Texas, Indiana, Florida and New York.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
While the administration spins the myth of vicious criminals victimizing American citizens, the past months have revealed the truth.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026

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Measures would bar ‘addictive’ features for users under 16, expose platforms to million‑dollar penalties for harming kids, and require human oversight when AI tools discipline or fire workers.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Kardashian later denied harming the garment in a November 2025 Vanity Fair lie detector video with her All’s Fair costar, Teyana Taylor.

— Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

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With navies built around corvette-class-sized ships, Finland and Sweden have successfully stood up to Russian pressure, harassing Russian submarines that have violated their territorial seas.

— HOLMES LIAO, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
He was inspired by the true story of Freda and Greta Chaplin, who in the 1980s stirred up a media frenzy for harassing a truck driver, and for bizarrely mirroring each other.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026

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Claiming that other people expressing their civil rights is oppressing them, and politicizing what are supposed to be non-partisan parts of how the government works on the state and federal level.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Norway was itself a colonizer, and programs oppressing indigenous cultures and languages were in place well into the 1960s.

— Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026

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Superwedding now past, Taylor Swift’s husband, TE Travis Kelce, can get back to tormenting NFL defenses for a few more seasons.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Aside from tormenting the sole out transgender member of Congress by waging a campaign to bar her from using the women’s bathroom in the Capitol, Mace had been a side player that year.

— Annie Karni, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

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Starting center Tyler Biadasz was lost for the season after injuring his knee in training camp.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
An armed man carrying multiple weapons lunged at Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair, injuring several attendees.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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Biden weaponized Law Enforcement against his political opponent, while also persecuting many other innocent people.

— New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Jack Hayford, the founder of the King’s University, in Texas, claimed that the film was persecuting Christians, who only wanted to be treated equally.

— Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026

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