sultanizev.
/ˈsʌltənʌɪz/ rare.
1. intransitive. To rule as a sultan or despot.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (intransitive)] > tyrannize
tyrannizea1513
domineer1591
Nimrodize1614
tyranta1661
sultanize1772
despotize1801
sultan1886
1772 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 5 Mar. Fifty grand signors have lost their heads for one Charles I., and he might have kept his, if he had not sultanised.
2. transitive. To make sultan-like or despotic.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] > tyrannize over
tyrannize1583
Turkize1599
sultanize1804
Napoleonize1822
Neronize1889
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] > render oppressive
tyrannize1643
sultanize1901
1804 J. Mackintosh Let. 14 Aug. in R. J. Mackintosh Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh (1835) I. v. 212 The Governor..is..an..intelligent man; but every Englishman who resides here very long, has..his mind either emasculated by submission, or corrupted by despotic power. Mr. Duncan may represent one genus, the Braminised Englishman; Lord W—— is indisputably at the head of the other, the Sultanised Englishman.
1876 Hansard Commons 16 Mar. 103 It was not a wise thing to endeavour even in India to Sultanize the Crown.
1901 Q. Rev. Jan. 73 The orientalised, in this case the somewhat sultanised, Englishman.
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