riddled

/ˈɹɪdəld/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

abandoned, elite, english, legal, political, still

VERB + RIDDLED

benefits, book, calling, face, house, record, said, suit

RIDDLED + NOUN

bullet, bullets, cancer, cobwebs, contradictions, corruption, deficiencies, errors

PREP.

in, with

Definitions

adj

Damaged throughout by holes.

When the legislation was debated by the House of Commons, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said it was "riddled with holes", while former Conservative Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was "badly written".

Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.

The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.

Another anti-extremism organization, The Center for Countering Digital Hate, filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by X on Thursday, calling the suit “riddled with legal deficiencies”.

Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.

a hole-riddled sweater

They took a swig each from an old bottle of sherry and ate some stale digestive biscuits sealed in a tin in the mouse-riddled cupboards.

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Example Bank

Wiktionary

The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.

Wiktionary

Another anti-extremism organization, The Center for Countering Digital Hate, filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by X on Thursday, calling the suit “riddled with legal deficiencies”.

Wiktionary

His voting record is riddled with contradictions.

Tatoeba · #287372

Doctor, I'd... like to talk to you about something. I think that my English is riddled with usage problems, and I just don't know what I should do.

Tatoeba · #559084

His book is riddled with shoddy research.

Tatoeba · #1339900

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