as in tyrant
a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way
the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance
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This was just a bad president and vice president throwing an ally under the bus to please a Russian dictator thousands of miles away.
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Phil Terrana, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
In the featurette below, premiering exclusively on Billboard, Sink is a traveling troubadour in a wasteland communicating with her music, but runs afoul of a charismatic dictator, Plutonovich, played by Bartlett.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump has come under criticism in recent weeks for calling Zelensky a dictator and suggesting that Russia’s invasion was his fault.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Russia’s military efforts on behalf of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad failed, and its incursion into Ukraine was faltering.
—Monica Duffy Toft, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
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Phil Terrana, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
In the featurette below, premiering exclusively on Billboard, Sink is a traveling troubadour in a wasteland communicating with her music, but runs afoul of a charismatic dictator, Plutonovich, played by Bartlett.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2025
Trump has come under criticism in recent weeks for calling Zelensky a dictator and suggesting that Russia’s invasion was his fault.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
Russia’s military efforts on behalf of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad failed, and its incursion into Ukraine was faltering.
—Monica Duffy Toft, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Dictator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dictator. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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