tyrannize
横行霸道,暴虐,霸王硬上弓,霸占
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tyr·an·nized, tyr·an·niz·ing.
- : to exercise absolute power or control, especially cruelly or oppressively.
- : to govern despotically, cruelly, or oppressively.
- : to govern or reign as a tyrant.
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tyr·an·nized, tyr·an·niz·ing.
- : to rule or govern tyrannically; treat oppressively.
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Perhaps most important, the idea of putting tyrants on trial has caught on in the countries they tyrannize.
An old gentleman says, he is the last man in the world to tyrannize over a daughter's affections.
The opposition charged the government with a desire to subvert the constitution of Jamaica, and to tyrannize over the colonists.
Now, dear, you remember that I prophesied long ago that Mr. Meeks would tyrannize over you hand and foot, if you let him.
After a period of that fearful ordeal when children tyrannize for romances that will not come, her mind grew mutinous and balked.
Have not you, you priests, in the West exalted yourselves to tyrannize over the consciences of your fellow-men?