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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When the Syrian Assad regime was toppled, many outside Syria assumed Christians were aligned with the dictator.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025 -
Marc Caputo Jan 18, 2025 - Energy & Climate Trump's team wants Maduro to leave Venezuela The incoming Trump administration wants regime change in Venezuela, where dictator Nicolás Maduro stole his election, jailed a rival and this month even threatened to invade the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
3 Feb. 2025
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Having been tapped by President Trump, very soon Rep. Elise Stefanik will step away from her upstate congressional district and make a fine ambassador to the United Nations, taking on the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans and various other dictators and tyrants on the East Side.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Once upon a time, his wealthy father, the eponymous Pedro Páramo (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) ruled these parts like a tyrant.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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The city and temple were established by the pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus between 280 and 270 B.C.E. in honor of the god.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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My land is made up of goldsmiths who worked in the time of the Egyptian pharaohs and of the first artists in the world in Chiribiquete.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Caesar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesar. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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