meaning of tyrannize
1. To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.
2. To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.
3. rule or exercise power over somebody in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize
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