English

Adjective

riddled ‎(comparative more riddled, superlative most riddled)

1. Damaged throughout by holes.
2. Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
   1. Taking a noun complement construed with the preposition with.

      The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.

   2. Taking a noun complement that precedes the adjective, forming a compound.
      • 2008, Joan London, The Good Parents, Random House Australia, ISBN 978-1-74166-793-6, page 235:

        They took a swig each from an old bottle of sherry and ate some stale digestive biscuits sealed in a tin in the mouse-riddled cupboards.

Verb

riddled

1. simple past tense and past participle of riddle

Anagrams

• diddler