vassal

Example Sentences

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"Germany does not pursue a friendly policy towards Poland, they want to build their sphere of influence here and treat Poland as a vassal state."

From Reuters

This would effectively cement what one Western ambassador called the Central African Republic’s status as a “vassal state” of the Kremlin.

From New York Times

In the speech, peppered with anti-Semitic conspiracies, he said Germany had been a vassal state government since World War Two and needed to regain its sovereignty through a peace deal.

From Reuters

“It will pose a more serious, realistic and inevitable threat to the U.S. and its vassal forces.”

From Seattle Times

Mr. Kim views his nuclear arsenal as essential to ensuring his regime’s security and keeping an upper hand over South Korea, which he ridicules as a modern vassal state that takes its cues from Washington.

From New York Times