Synonyms for put upon
put up·on

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1. put uponadjective

   Synonyms:
   victimize

2. put uponadjective

   Imposed on, taken advantage of, used, taken for granted, or unappreciated.

   Synonyms:
   victimize

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1. Paxton Blair:

   There has been in recent years excessive emphasis on a citizen's rights and inadequate stress put upon his duties and responsibilities.

2. Bertrand Russell:

   Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

3. Ambrose Bierce:

   Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

4. Robert Grimsey:

   Clients( are) saying we want somebody to put in place a plan of action that allows us to either benefit or to manage the challenges that Brexit has put upon us, interim managers are like contractors - but these are executives, very high-powered executives. So, people who used to be on boards of companies that decide to take a job where they work on projects, six months or nine months.

5. Robert Grimsey:

   Clients (are) saying we want somebody to put in place a plan of action that allows us to either benefit or to manage the challenges that Brexit has put upon us, interim managers are like contractors - but these are executives, very high-powered executives. So, people who used to be on boards of companies that decide to take a job where they work on projects, six months or nine months.