Usually means: Attacked or assaulted by someone.
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  1. set upon: Merriam-Webster
  2. set upon: Collins English Dictionary
  3. set upon: Vocabulary.com
  4. set upon: Wiktionary
  5. set upon: Dictionary.com
  6. set upon: Rhymezone
  7. set upon: FreeDictionary.org
  8. set upon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. set upon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. set upon: Legal dictionary
  2. set upon: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set upon: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. set upon: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. set upon: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set upon: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (set upon)

verb:  To attack someone.
verb:  To begin an activity; to embark upon a course of action.

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