riddled

Verb

• pierce with many holes
  • "The bullets riddled his body"
• set a difficult problem or riddle
• separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
• spread or diffuse through
  • "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"
• speak in riddles
• explain a riddle
• simple past and past participle of riddle

Adjective Satellite

• (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"
• spread throughout
  • "cities riddled with corruption"

Adj

• Damaged throughout by holes.
• Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
• Taking a noun complement construed with the preposition with.
• Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
• Taking a noun complement that precedes the adjective, forming a compound.

Examples

• "a hole-riddled sweater"
• "The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud."

Synonyms

-ridden, diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, lousy, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle, screen