dictator
Example Sentences
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Whether anything will come of that argument, however, is less clear, as courts in the U.S. have in the past allowed criminal proceedings to continue against individuals captured abroad, including former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. helped topple Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, but both dictators were ultimately killed by their own people.
She has reportedly been sworn in as the new dictator and is therefore commander in chief.
Born in 1991 after a war of independence against former dictator General Siad Barre, it has grappled with decades of isolation ever since.
From BBC
The tragic hero in Shakespeare’s magnificent play isn’t Julius Caesar but Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the conspirators who plots to assassinate the Roman dictator.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
