despot
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Office Despot: You will buy this stapler and you will like it.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017
Despot Index: Allies in Oppression and Corruption Surveillance dominates every aspect of life.
From Newsweek • Jun. 5, 2011
Hamilton declares that he would cheerfully become a martyr to free government, adding: “The occasional Violence of Democracy and the uniform Tyranny of a Despot are productive of the same Consequences.”
From New York Times • May 9, 2011
In payment for such chores Trujillo let Paulino wrap his blimplike belly in the uniform of an honorary major general and play the role of Despot No. 2.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the mean time he proposes to govern this land of milk and honey, this bought-and-paid-for Paradise, very much as an eastern Despot might govern a conquered province.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
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