tyrannize

tyrannize
tyrannizer, n.tyrannizingly, adv.
/tir"euh nuyz'/, v., tyrannized, tyrannizing.
v.i.
1. to exercise absolute power or control, esp. cruelly or oppressively (often fol. by over).
2. to govern despotically, cruelly, or oppressively.
3. to govern or reign as a tyrant.
v.t.
4. to rule or govern tyrannically; treat oppressively.
Also, esp. Brit., tyrannise.
[1485-95; < F tyranniser < LL tyrannizare, equiv. to tyrann(us) TYRANT + -izare -IZE]

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