All 6 Uses of

oppress
in
The Brothers Karamazov

What do I care for a hell for oppressors?†
Chpt 5

oppressors = people who deny equal rights to others or make them suffer OR people who dominate others harshly and unfairly

I don't want the mother to embrace the oppressor who threw her son to the dogs!†
Chpt 5 *

oppressor = one who dominates others harshly and unfairly OR one who denies equal rights to others or makes them suffer

The foreign criminal, they say, rarely repents, for the very doctrines of to-day confirm him in the idea that his crime is not a crime, but only a reaction against an unjustly oppressive force.†
Chpt 2 *

Why can there not be among them one martyr oppressed by great sorrow and loving humanity?†
Chpt 5

Here I must mention that Smerdyakov, oppressed by terror and despair of a sort, had felt during those last few days that one of the fits from which he had suffered before at moments of strain, might be coming upon him again.†
Chpt 12

Definitions:

(1) (oppress as in: oppressive government)
to dominate harshly and unfairly; or to make suffer
The meaning of oppress depends upon its context. For example:
- "The authorities oppress political activists," or "The new nation oppressed Native Americans." -- to dominate harshly and unfairly
- "She is oppressed by excessive debt." - made to suffer
(2) (oppress as in: oppressive heat)
to make uncomfortable (weigh heavily on the senses or spirit)