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• s  of persons; taken advantage of

• Of course this makes me not just a Pynchon reader but practically a Pynchon character, another of his comically put-upon quest figures who journey into mysteries that engulf them.
• Steve Coogan, the Brit comic best known for incarnating Alan Partridge, a suavely unknowing TV host, plays four roles: Tristram, his father, Sterne and a put-upon egomaniac star .
• It's a cry of agony, but with Wilson's expertly put-upon delivery, it's also funny.

• exploited
• ill-used
• used
• victimized
• victimised

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• Gandolfini brought out the best in an unlikable guy
  Tony Soprano, the gruff, put-upon Garden State mobster who had an easier job managing a crime family than he did keeping his wife, kids and assorted other relatives in line, was a larger-than-life, once-in-a-lifetime part.
  June 20, 2013 - The Record
• James Gandolfini, Sopranos Legend, Dead at 51
  James Gandolfini and David Chase, in June 2007. (Illo: Philip Burke) Shocking news today out of Italy: Actor James Gandolfini, best known for his role as mafia boss and put-upon husband Tony Soprano on HBO's hit show, passed away after apparently suffering from a major heart attack during a vacation in Rome, reports The New York Daily News . He was 51 years old. Mr. Gandolfini has kept a ...
  June 20, 2013 - The New York Observer