Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption.
From Middle English rife, from Old English rīfe, rȳfe (“rife, abundant, frequent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīb, from Proto-Germanic *rībaz (“generous”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear ...
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