instrument of oppression

collocation in English

meaningsofinstrumentandoppression

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instrument
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/us
/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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oppression
noun[U]
uk
/əˈpreʃ.ən/us
/əˈpreʃ.ən/
a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities ...
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(Definition ofinstrumentandoppressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinstrument of oppression

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The colonial army was aninstrumentofoppression, but it also kept peace and seemed to have its place in the new order of things.
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That is because the law is still seen as aninstrumentofoppressionby foreign invaders.
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They can be aninstrumentofoppressionand extortion—they frequently are.
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Law, instead of becoming an instrument of civilised values, has become aninstrumentofoppression.
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Psychiatry is seen by proponents of anti-psychiatry as a coerciveinstrumentofoppression.
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The theory identifies the state and the law as instruments of oppression used by the ruling class for their own benefit.
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The colonial army was aninstrumentofoppression, but it also kept peace and seemed to have its place in the new order of things.
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That is because the law is still seen as aninstrumentofoppressionby foreign invaders.
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Hansard archive
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They can be aninstrumentofoppressionand extortion—they frequently are.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Law, instead of becoming an instrument of civilised values, has become aninstrumentofoppression.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Psychiatry is seen by proponents of anti-psychiatry as a coerciveinstrumentofoppression.
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Wikipedia
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The theory identifies the state and the law as instruments of oppression used by the ruling class for their own benefit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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