as in dictator
a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way
like many another third-world caesar, he cared little for the destitute class into which he himself had been born
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But filmmaker Feras Fayyad, who endured torture in Assad’s prisons, never gave up the certainty that one day the dictator would be ousted.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2025 -
As soon as the dictator was out, Samer Jalbout was on the move.—
Taylor Luck,
The Christian Science Monitor,
25 Mar. 2025
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Hope: Ultimately, the protests suggest the possibility that, eventually, an overwhelming majority of Palestinians will never again allow themselves to be ruled by revanchist tyrants of any shade.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Synopsis: Before kings and empires feared him, a tyrant sought to erase him.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Archaeology: The huge tomb of an unknown pharaoh, estimated to be 3,600 years old, was unearthed south of Cairo.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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He is believed to be the pharaoh that ruled over Egypt in the Book of Exodus.—
Andrea Vacchiano,
Fox News,
19 Sep. 2024
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“Caesar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesar. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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