despotize

English

Etymology

From despot +‎ -ize.

Verb

despotize (third-person singular simple present despotizes, present participle despotizing, simple past and past participle despotized)

1. To behave like a despot; to act despotically; to tyrannize.

References

• “despotize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.