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.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 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:

Texas Faith: How did our civil debate become so uncivil? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 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.

The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

I suspect this 'wronging' is here used much in the same sense as

Literary Remains, Volume 2 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.

Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Various

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.

The Weekly Standard Blog Rachel Abrams 2010

Please except my apology and my deepest sorrow for wronging the entire Country, as well as my brothers/sisters in

Cordoves, Joaquin 2010

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.

At 150 years, pope's newspaper raises eyebrows 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.

At 150 years, pope's newspaper raises eyebrows 2011

His is an act of revenge for a percieved wronging done to him personally.

Think Progress » IRS building in Utah evacuated, two employees taken out on stretchers after reports of white powder. 2010