despot
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Office Despot: You will buy this stapler and you will like it.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017
Despot Index: Allies in Oppression and Corruption Surveillance dominates every aspect of life.
From Newsweek • Jun. 5, 2011
Hamilton declares that he would cheerfully become a martyr to free government, adding: “The occasional Violence of Democracy and the uniform Tyranny of a Despot are productive of the same Consequences.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2011
No better example exists than the furor aroused by a gift of diamonds he received from former Central African Despot Jean-B�del Bokassa.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Despot was abashed, and stopped giving any more presents, saying: "Giving is but giving in vain, when we give to take again."
From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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