0 to treat someone cruelly, controlling everything that they do -- 對…施以暴政；暴虐地對待，專橫地對待
He was one of those school bullies who tyrannized the whole playground. 他是學校裡小霸王似的人物，在整個操場上稱王稱霸。
There may be no real risk of any group being so discrete and insular as to be in danger of being tyrannized by a majority.
Democracy is not simply majority rule; majorities can tyrannize over minorities and individuals, who need protection on democratic grounds.
But even below decks we tyrannize one another.
Lonsdale soon finds how well-born officers tyrannize non-commissioned officers and soldiers alike; meanwhile, the officers are depicted as coxcombs, rakes, gamblers, and so forth.
It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow citizens.
Mill admits that this new form of society seemed immune to tyranny because there was no fear of tyrannizing over self.
Diederich's life, from his childhood, are characterized by being slavishly subservient to his superiors while tyrannizing those below him.
