0 past simple and past participle of hector
1 to talk and behave towards someone in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get them to act or think as you want
Someone under arrest awaiting trial is not to be questioned or hectored.
As men, trade unionists do not like being hectored by women.
Universities are not encouraged in their efforts to increase access to and participation in higher education but regularly hectored and condemned for not doing enough.
Why were we hectored so much earlier on when we were giving our opinion so firmly to the other place?
He hectored and lectured and told us that we were seeking to interfere, when he is driving a steamroller over the local authorities.
They will not invest their money to be hectored and lectured on planning agreements and their responsibilities.
Seldom do we get a good word, seldom does a trade union leader appear on television without being hectored by an aggressive interviewer.
I do not intend to be lectured or hectored about the merits or otherwise of the problems of the low incomes that we are discussing.
