draconian

"If you look a certain way, if you talk a certain way, you will be subject to these Draconian measures."

Draconian measures to prevent draft-dodging were also excluded from the latest version of the bill after a public outcry.

Draconian coronavirus restrictions are over, but not the sense of uncertainty about the future they created.

Draconian national security laws and mass surveillance internally are being matched by an increasingly aggressive Chinese military.

Draconian abortion laws will produce suffering and, in the worst cases, death for American women.