tyrants

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"Tyrants and dictators like Adolf Hitler and Nicolae Ceausescu have often dictated the terms of fertility and criminalized those who did not comply," she pointed out in 2017.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022

Following the war, Athens’s democratic government was replaced with a group of wealthy tyrants who were sympathetic to Sparta, called the Thirty Tyrants.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Tyrants know well the power of culture to move people.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2020

Tyrants impose their will by making an example of anyone who stands up to them.

From Slate • May 10, 2019

Tyrants beware, I thought as I put it in my pocket.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson