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English Dictionary: riddled by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riddled
adj
  1. (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target"
  2. spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Riddling}.]
      1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
            pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
            gravel.
  
      2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
            holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
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