dictatorial

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The AAU’s dictatorial control forced athletes into penury and enriched its leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

It comes after Sian Doyle was sacked from the publicly funded Welsh language broadcaster on November 2023 after being accused of being "dictatorial" and "creating a culture of fear".

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

A Guardian profile from last November notes that the Collinses now appear to be planning a dictatorial city-state for an anonymous wealthy donor, without at all mentioning that their Project Eureka has gone nowhere.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025

Applying his dictatorial power, Kuhn banned me from the locker rooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

But the eat-sleep routine I had begun in the hospital, and kept up under Mother’s dictatorial command, got the better of me.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou