- Bullies
- Governs cruelly
- Oppresses
- Governs cruelly
- Keep in subjection and hardship
- Lie heavy upon
- Rule with a rod of iron
- Subdue
- Subjugate
- Subjugate the half-open newspapers
- Ann is inside trying another way of exercising cruel power
- Bullying
- Governing cruelly
- Oppressing
- Ruling with an iron hand