vassal

Example Sentences

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Russian President Vladimir Putin could present this outcome as a grand victory, liberating Russian speakers, gaining crucial cities and ports, and turning Ukraine into a nonviable vassal state.

From Washington Post

“It would mean that France would become a vassal to Putin’s Russia.”

From Seattle Times

“There’s certainly no lost love between the two, certainly a great number of suspicions between the two, certainly a Chinese desire to basically make Russia a vassal state through the economic interrelationships.”

From Washington Times

He was raised in a part of the country that became the German Democratic Republic – known as "East Germany" – a vassal state dominated by the Soviet Union.

From Fox News

Kim said earlier this week that North Korea needs reconnaissance satellites to monitor “the aggression troops of the U.S. imperialism and its vassal forces.”

From Seattle Times