TYRANNIZE


Meaning of TYRANNIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tɪrənaɪz ]

( tyrannizes, tyrannizing, tyrannized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'tyrannise'

If you say that one person tyrannizes another, you mean that the first person uses their power over the second person in order to treat them very cruelly and unfairly.

...fathers who tyrannize their families...

Armed groups use their power to tyrannise over civilians.

VERB : V n , V over n , also V

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.