riddled

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Damaged throughout by holes.
2. adjective Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation. Taking a noun complement construed with the preposition with.

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

3. adjective Taking a noun complement construed with the preposition with.

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

4. adjective Taking a noun complement that precedes the adjective, forming a compound.

   a hole-riddled sweater

5. verb simple past and past participle of riddle

Similar words

damaged full covered sieve prey rife replete marked dialed mined

Often followed by

with by the and through body his him bodies

Word family

riddle riddler riddlers riddles riddling