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The flashpoint came when a Taipei cigarette vendor was roughed up by an agent of the Monopoly Bureau.

Knole was roughed up in the civil war and requisitioned by Parliament for its regional headquarters.

Three boys were sent home for a week because they roughed up a player of the visiting team.

I roughed up the egg yolk and cream and mixed in some of the hot sauce before putting the lot back into the pan.

Before it was fired, it was perfectly round, but the artist intentionally roughed up the edges.

The robber roughed up the woman hitting her in the face and head, making off with cash and jewelry.

Unidentified men working at the behest of local police officials threatened and roughed up journalists and activists who tried visiting him.

Style Sins: Much like angel investors and roughed-up dad sneakers, ill-fitting jeans are a recurring theme in Silicon Valley.

Two AP correspondents were also roughed up, the news agency said.

Other detainees, after being roughed up, have been let out and told to go and warn others against protesting.

Neither did the security men who roughed up television crews , attempting to film chaotic queues for tickets .

He roughed up the path by kicking at the stones.

John Terry was roughed up within 90 seconds of the kick-off and defensively we never looked solid after that.

Two foreign journalists said they were roughed up.

Goons from the government-controlled trade union roughed up some Honda strikers, but they were quickly called off.

They had Mr Besigye roughed up and arrested, then freed him.

In the process of bringing in medical supplies, Bichara and several friends were roughed up by thugs.

He was roughed up by hooligans.

My hands were roughed up by work.

He roughed up her hair.

So this is the girl that roughed up Vega?

Given the way several Hong Kong journalists were roughed up last week, the police response could be aggressive.