tyrannize

To treat tyrannically; oppress.

To exercise absolute power.

To rule as a tyrant.

To act as a tyrant; exercise tyrannical power; rule despotically or cruelly: used of persons, with over before an object.

Hence To have a tyrannical influence; exercise oppressive restraint; maintain arbitrary control: used of things, commonly with over.

To rule, treat, or affect tyrannically; act the tyrant to or over.

To make tyrannically oppressive; convert into an instrument of tyranny.

Also spelled tyrannise.

To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power over others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government.

To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.