Figuratively construed as "repeatedly subject to" or "unable to escape from" (example: hagridden, bedridden.)

(idiomatic) Mistreated; not properly cared for. / (colloquial, potentially offensive) Presumed to have had a significant number of lovers and showing the signs of overuse. (Typically said of women.)

Dominated or plagued by crises.

Dominated by debt.

dominated or plagued by crime.

Dominated by strife.

impeded or plagued by obstacles.

Dominated by sleaze.

Dominated or plagued by war.

dominated by disease.