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

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

He's just grown angrier and more dictatorial since.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2024

I was lawyerly and also veered toward dictatorial, as my brother, who often got ordered out of our shared play area, would attest.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama