Most memorable was Pablo Escobarâs success in getting elected to the Colombian Congress. This happened in 1982, when he ran as part of the Colombian Liberal Party and was elected to be an alternative in the House of Representatives. Furthermore, when Escobar went to prison, it was on his own terms.
Definition of grievous. 1  1 : causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow a grievous wound a grievous loss. 2  2 : oppressive, onerous grievous costs of war. 3  3 : serious, grave grievous fault.
Later, there developed a sense of grieve in which the direct object is that which causes sorrow or distress, as in She took a week off to attend her father's funeral and grieve his loss. In our 2013 survey, 79 percent of the Usage Panel approved of this usage in this sentence, up from 62 percent in our 1996 survey.