Wronging

They are inhuman, and take a pleasure in wronging those that are least able to help themselves (v. 6); they not only oppress and impoverish, but they slay the widow and the stranger; not only neglect the fatherless, and make a prey of them, but murder them, because they are weak and exposed, and sometimes lie at their mercy. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Whether one describes it as "wronging" and "evil speech" as Geoffrey Dennis does or Larry Bethune's "caustic language," here are a few examples from this week's posts: ❋ Unknown (2009)

My love to the faithless Nettle [1] (who I dare say is 'wronging' me during my absence), and my best Compliments to all in your house who will receive them. ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

I suspect this 'wronging' is here used much in the same sense as ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)

"There's one thing I'm not likely to forget," said he, "and that is, my wronging you as I did. ❋ Various (N/A)

It's been a rough seventeen months for Americans whose calling is to fight for the rights of people who've been stripped of them by force-young men and women beaten to death in full view of the world by the agents of their oppressors for daring to demand that their votes be counted; others hacked to death with the complicity of the autocrats in power over them for having been born the wrong color or to the wrong tribe; girls subjected to the lash, or, worse, murdered by their own mothers, fathers, or brothers for appearing in public in the wrong company; believers imprisoned for professing faith in the wrong god or the wrong political system; non-believers sentenced to death for "wronging" a wrathful, vengeful religion. ❋ Rachel Abrams (2010)

She plays "the wronged wife in one, the wronging wife in another," Erickson said, leaving viewers to figure out the rest. ❋ Michael Bialas (2011)

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver accused L'Osservatore of wronging Benedict by breaking the Vatican's own embargo and publishing the condom quotes without context or commentary. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Please except my apology and my deepest sorrow for wronging the entire Country, as well as my brothers/sisters in ❋ Unknown (2010)

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele accused Mr. Clinton of wronging black voters in his attempts to coax Mr. Meek out of the race. ❋ Peter Wallsten (2010)

It's time to stop wronging people for where they choose to live, and how they interact and identify with the city. ❋ Geoff Young (2011)

His is an act of revenge for a percieved wronging done to him personally. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"You are wronging the people of the city of New York." ❋ Unknown (2010)