tyrannize
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Only to tyrannize behind the scenes and invariably whack others for his mistakes — coaches, general managers, executives by the score finding themselves slurred and slimed and used as human shields.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022
In the 18th century, colonists speculated that a British statesman - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a behind a cabal to tyrannize Americans.
From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2019
In the 18th century, colonists speculated that a British statesman — John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a behind a cabal to tyrannize Americans.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2019
“Respect on its own is cold and inert, insufficient to overcome the bad tendencies that lead human beings to tyrannize over one another,” she wrote.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2016
I wish I were his wife a little while: he wouldn't find it so easy to tyrannize over me.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
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