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tyrannise

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Verb1.tyrannisetyrannise - rule a country as a tyrant          
grind down, tyrannize
dictate - rule as a dictator
2.tyrannisetyrannise - rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
domineer, tyrannize
ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"


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But the rich, if the community gives them rank, very often endeavour to insult and tyrannise over others.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
I have heard he behaved like a monster to his own wife, for he is one of those wretches who think they have a right to tyrannise over us, and from such I shall ever esteem it the cause of my sex to rescue any woman who is so unfortunate to be under their power.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
I have never in my life been able to imagine any other sort of love, and have nowadays come to the point of sometimes thinking that love really consists in the right--freely given by the beloved object--to tyrannise over her.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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