tyrannize

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Only to tyrannize behind the scenes and invariably whack others for his mistakes — coaches, general managers, executives by the score finding themselves slurred and slimed and used as human shields.

From Washington Post

The larger the republic, the larger a majority faction must be to tyrannize minority factions.

From Washington Times

Moscow, however, has used the language issue to paint the Kyiv government as ethnocentric “fascists” bent on tyrannizing Ukraine’s Russian-speaking population.

From Washington Post

There was consolation in our solidarity — in objecting to those who segregated some of us and tyrannized the rest.

From Washington Post

As the Taliban shift from insurgency to governance, one key test will be whether they act to protect minority groups that their fighters once tyrannized, such as the Shiite Hazaras.

From Seattle Times