draconian
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Machaela O'Brien, legal advisor for Devon and Cornwall Police, said closure orders could provide an "immediate remedy" but were a "draconian measure".
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“The position the IRS is taking produces a draconian result,” said John Porter, the couple’s lawyer, who contends that the operation of the Elcan GRATs was legitimate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
In his most draconian move yet, the Pentagon polygraphed some 50 high-ranking military officers and civilian officials on the Joint Staff, which coordinates operations, policy and war plans with combatant commanders worldwide.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Fife Cook said the hearing was a "draconian procedure" and suggested council time and resources could be better used in providing essential services.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Those and other draconian measures must have contributed to the spread of North China’s Sino-Tibetan languages over most of China, and to reducing the Miao-Yao and other language families to their present fragmented distributions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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