- USA Today Crossword
- October 27 2024
- Oppressive leader
Oppressive leader
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Oppressive leader' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Oppressive leader crossword clue was last seen on October 27 2024 in the popular USA Today Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | TYRANT | Oppressive leader | USA Today |
Definition
| • | An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty. |
| • | Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor. |
| • | Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird. |
| • | To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
Related Crossword Clues
We have found the following related crossword clues from the same puzzle.
If you have already solved this crossword clue and are looking for the main post then head over to USA Today Crossword October 27 2024 Answers
LA Times Crossword Answers