Having been harmed (plagued) by a large number of controversial situations (scandals).

plural of plague cross

(historical) A cross marked on a building occupied by victims of plague, as a warning of contagion.

(of a place or community) Experiencing an epidemic or epidemics of bubonic plague or another illness. / (of a time) During which there is an epidemic or epidemics of bubonic plague or another illness.

(pathology, obsolete, slang, 1980s) Synonym of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”)

plural of bubonic plague

Synonym of anthrax.

smallpox

plural of plague doctor

(European history) A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.