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English to English verb
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rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner |  | Example: her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her
source: wordnet30
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To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. | | source: webster1913
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