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Definition of Tyrannize

Tyrannize
Tyrannize Tyr"an*nize, v. t. To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.
Tyrannize
Tyrannize Tyr"an*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tyrannized; p. pr. & vb. n. Tyrannizing.] [Cf. F. tyranniser, Gr. ? to take the part of tyrants.] 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.

Meaning of Tyrannize from wikipedia

- Look up tyrant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tyrant (from Ancient Gr**** τύραννος (túrannos) 'absolute ruler'), in the modern English usage of the...
- may have troops in time of peace. They may be billeted in any manner—to tyrannize, oppress, and crush us." In the 1st United States Congress, following...
- uncontrollable and "prodigal beyond measure," cannot be tyrannized over in the way Stoics tyrannize over themselves. Further, there are forceful attacks...
- ashi 357 逆 辵 9 5 inverted ギャク、さか、さか-らう gyaku, saka, saka-rau 358 虐 虍 9 S tyrannize ギャク、しいた-げる gyaku, shiita-geru 359 九 乙 2 1 nine キュウ、ク、ここの、ここの-つ kyū, ku...
- not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend...
- Confucianism was a shadow of its noble origin, being now a tool of the Qing to tyrannize Han people, libraries of the Confucian monasteries were destro**** (almost...
- darkened their skin color. Rush drew the conclusion that "whites should not tyrannize over [blacks], for their disease should entitle them to a double portion...
- that most that can be said in his defense is that “in his age rampant tyrannizing over women was indeed universal.” He goes on to say, "one may legitimately...
- Aristotle criticized democratic rule as the numerically preponderant poor tyrannizing the rich. Instead of seeing it as a fair system under which everyone...
- gradually other hypotheses emerged. Louis Bazin derived it from Turkic qas- ("tyrannize, oppress, terrorize") on the basis of its phonetic similarity to the Uyğur...