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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His fervor against communism, which was gaining a foothold in nearby Cuba, made the ruthless dictator and his son U.S. allies.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025 -
In fact, past experience as a brutal dictator seems to be an important qualification, as both Khan Noonien Singh and Philippa Georgiou have made it past Section 31's vetting procedures.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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His son Bashar took power, and in time proved to be an even more vicious tyrant than his father.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Fleet Admiral Alexander Marcus — who had, coincidentally, ordered the 20th-century tyrant's defrosting — was also a member of Section 31.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 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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The franchise with seemingly more riches than an Egyptian pharaoh, the one that deferred $680 million of Ohtani’s salary for a decade, somehow found a way to spend less.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Caesar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesar. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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