katadunasteuo describes people being subjected to oppression, whether healed from it or inflicted by the rich.

The two verses show a single use: people are subjected to oppressive treatment. Acts 10:38 describes those being healed after such suffering, while James 2:6 charges the rich with imposing it on others.

1. Subjecting people to oppressive treatment · dominant

   In Acts 10:38, the present passive participle identifies people undergoing the condition from which Jesus heals them; the APB renders the clause “the ones being oppressed by the devil.” In James 2:6, the present active indicative describes the rich acting against their hearers in a clause that also says they drag them into courts; the APB renders “the ones who oppress you.”

   Acts 10:38James 2:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “being oppressed” in Acts 10:38 and “oppress” in James 2:6. These renderings fit the surrounding clauses.