satrap

Example Sentences

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Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarus autocrat, has become Mr. Putin’s satrap, and the arrival of nuclear warheads would only subordinate Belarus further to Russia.

From Washington Post

According to the sixth-century historian Procopius, the Byzantine emperor Justinian I gave a gift of a sea silk cloak to five Armenian satraps.

From The Guardian

On present trends, Britain risks becoming a mere satrap of this militarised empire, a vassal state of Trump’s America where Independence day is celebrated with tanks and bellicose bombast.

From The Guardian

But rather than address this humanitarian crisis, the president and his trusted satrap seek only to exacerbate it for political gain.

From The Guardian

These illiberal powers have a few satraps but almost no real friends.

From The Guardian