tyr´an|niz´er

tyr´an|niz´er
tyr|an|nize «TIHR uh nyz», verb, -nized, -niz|ing.
–v.i.
1. to use power cruelly or unjustly; behave like a tyrant: »

Those who are strong should not tyrannize over those who are weak.

2. to rule as a tyrant; be a tyrant.
–v.t.
1. to rule cruelly; oppress: »

The embittered man tyrannized his family. Figurative. Poverty, which doth so tyrannize…and generally depress us (Robert Burton).

2. to rule over as a tyrant.
tyr´an|niz´er, noun.

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