"-ridden" meaning in English

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          "text": "He could also fulfill his campaign promise to launch the “largest deportation operation in American history,” targeting millions of people in an abuse-ridden process that would inevitably lead to the mistaken detention of thousands of U.S. citizens.",
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        "Figuratively construed as “repeatedly/perennially affected by” or “unable to escape from”."
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          "word": "lousy with"
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          "word": "riddled with"
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          "word": "-riddled"
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  "word": "-ridden"
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