tyrannize
verb(British English also tyrannise)
[transitive, intransitive]to use your power to treat somebody in a cruel or unfair way 对…施行暴政;专横地对待 - tyrannize somebody/something
a father tyrannizing his children 专横地对待子女的父亲 After years of obeying her own husband’s mother, she felt that she was now entitled to tyrannize her daughter-in-law. 在多年对婆婆俯首帖耳之后,她觉得自己现在有资格专横地对待儿媳妇了。 - tyrannize over somebody/something
Since he took power five years ago, he has tyrannized over the people of this small nation. 自从五年前掌权后,他一直对这个小国的人民施行暴政。
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French tyranniser, from tyran ‘tyrant’.- tyrannize somebody/something