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tyrannize
tyrannize [ tírrə nīz ] (3rd person present singular tyrannizes, present participle tyrannizing, past and past participle tyrannized) or tyrannise [ tírrə nīz ] (3rd person present singular tyrannises, present participle tyrannising, past and past participle tyrannised)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. govern cruelly: to govern a people or community with extreme cruelty and harshness
2. treat harshly: to treat somebody in a cruelly unfair way
[15th century. < French tyranniser< Old French tyrant (see tyrant)]

tyrannizer noun
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