praetorian

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Dictators obviously maintain unilateral control of their militaries, employed as they invariably are as praetorian protectors and coercive extensions of their autocratic overlords.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2023

Key aspects of the effort to achieve legitimacy were thus more praetorian or Bonapartist than fascist.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2017

Here is a look at five other incidents that have marred the record of the White House's praetorian guard.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2014

After the deaths of two brothers, Mr. Assad has only one left — Maher al-Assad, the chief of the elite praetorian guards charged with protecting the family.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2012

After the death of Burrus in 62, Seneca lost his influence over the princeps, who took as his chief advisor the worthless praetorian prefect, Tigellinus.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly