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at the hands of
alt. By the actions of (someone). prep. By the actions of (someone).
Usage examples of "at the hands of".
He recounted the many outrages suffered by his people at the hands of the English, and especially their fur traders.
Atoka, my brother, because he feared you might come to harm at the hands of the Wyandots.
As he leaped, crashing through the underbrush, he was mistaken for a deer, and only the quick eye of a hunter who was already raising his rifle for a shot saved him from death at the hands of those whom he would warn of their peril.
I should not have returned to chance death at the hands of the Mahars for your sake.