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English to English verb
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rule a country as a tyrant |  | source: wordnet30
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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 act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices. | | source: webster1913
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To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress. | | source: webster1913
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