be autocratic

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Mohamed might say Bill can be autocratic and kind of domineering, and he wants to do what he wants to do and he might make a mess and that has to be cleaned up later.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2022

I agree with many of Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s positions, but I find her to be autocratic and bombastic.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021

If you can’t be autocratic at my age, when can you?

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2019

“We’re trained to be autocratic and controlling,” Toussaint says.

From Time • Oct. 9, 2013

Everything was within his grasp and everyone had to bow to his will; his aim was to be autocratic Prince of Tuscany.

From The Tragedies of the Medici by Staley, Edgcumbe