English-Swedish translations for oppress

• förtrycka
  Men kan inte en demokrati förtrycka vissa grupper?But is it not possible for a democracy to oppress certain groups?
  Det är särskilt allvarligt när man utnyttjar lagarna till att förtrycka medborgarna.It is particularly serious when the laws are exploited to oppress people.
  Uzbekistan behöver inga vapen, de kan användas till att förtrycka den egna befolkningen.Uzbekistan does not need any weapons, which may be used to oppress its own population.
• nedtrycka

Definition of oppress

• To keep down by unjust force
• To make sad or gloomy
• Physically to press down on with harmful effects; to smother, crush

Examples

• The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners
• We were oppressed by the constant grey skies

Related words

• oppression
• oppressive
• oppressed
• oppressor
• oppressively
• oppressiveness
• antioppression
• unoppressed
• immunosoppressor