tyrannize

Only to tyrannize behind the scenes and invariably whack others for his mistakes — coaches, general managers, executives by the score finding themselves slurred and slimed and used as human shields.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022

In the 18th century, colonists speculated that a British statesman - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a behind a cabal to tyrannize Americans.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2019

In the 18th century, colonists speculated that a British statesman — John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a behind a cabal to tyrannize Americans.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2019

“Respect on its own is cold and inert, insufficient to overcome the bad tendencies that lead human beings to tyrannize over one another,” she wrote.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2016

Ki-Chan reproached the Regent with neglecting the interests of the Talé-Lama, and the Regent on his part accused Ki-Chan of taking advantage of the minority of the sovereign, to tyrannize over the Thibetian government. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

We’re tyrannized by what’s true but also protected by it.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022

As the Taliban shift from insurgency to governance, one key test will be whether they act to protect minority groups that their fighters once tyrannized, such as the Shiite Hazaras.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

“Lots of companies have been tyrannized by an overly powerful CEO,” said John Coffee, director of the Center on Corporate Governance at Columbia Law School.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2018

"If anything, he will get a lot more sympathy as someone who has been tyrannized," the user said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2016

Esther was a Frenchwoman, who had lived with ‘Madame’, as she called her mistress, for many years, and who rather tyrannized over the old lady, who could not get along without her.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Functional adults can dismiss Ayn Rand and her petty tyrannizing over acolytes, her psychodramatic love affair with cult deputy Nathaniel Branden, and her continuing ability to inspire teenagers with a Nietzsche complex.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024

The minister lectured on this subject for an amazingly long time and with an amazing anger, scolding and admonishing and tyrannizing everybody.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018

Haines portrays Marcia as an ill-tempered, domineering harridan who tried and often succeeded in tyrannizing not only Wilson's staff but the Prime Minister himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a great deal of tyrannizing over each other.

From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware

Bright clear common sense was for once having its own way, and tyrannizing over the faculties from which it too often suffers violence.

From Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series by Stephen, Leslie, Sir