abuse-ridden

English

Etymology

From abuse +‎ -ridden.

Adjective

abuse-ridden (comparative more abuse-ridden, superlative most abuse-ridden)

1. Plagued by abuse.
   • 2025 February 11, Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, “The Path to American Authoritarianism”, in Foreign Affairs‎, archived from the original on 12 February 2025:

     He could also fulfill his campaign promise to launch the “largest deportation operation in American history,” targeting millions of people in an abuse-ridden process that would inevitably lead to the mistaken detention of thousands of U.S. citizens.