high-handed
Example Sentences
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As China’s stature has risen, its diplomacy has grown more nuanced than the high-handed approach that has sometimes sparked resentment in the past.
From Seattle Times
The force admitted that both officers "committed batteries", and also that Sgt Flint "behaved in a high-handed and oppressive manner".
From BBC
Similar anti-Abe rallies happened across the country, a reflection of a deep resentment about honoring a man who critics say repeatedly tried to whitewash Japan’s wartime atrocities, stir nationalist sentiment and engage in high-handed leadership.
From Seattle Times
Mr. Youngkin was not the first to broach this difficult subject in a high-handed manner.
From Washington Post
Khrushchev was ousted in 1964 following a plot by fellow Communist Party leaders who accused him of rude, erratic and high-handed behaviour, policy failures and going against the teaching of Lenin.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
