tyrannize

🇺🇸 /ˈtɪrənaɪz/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtɪrənaɪz/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to treat someone cruelly or unfairly using your power

The bully at school would often tyrannize younger students into giving him their lunch money.

translation

v. to treat someone cruelly or unfairly using your power

Word Forms

3rd Present tyrannizes
Past tyrannized
Perfect tyrannized
Progressive tyrannizing