high-handed in the PONS Dictionary

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These deletions from the report reflect the authority's high-handed approach to the public's right to know.
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Forceful, assertive, resolute, forensic, yes -- but just a tad less high-handed.
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In a later press conference, the opposition lawmakers condemned the arrest as high-handed.
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However, soon discontent with the high-handed policies of the radicals began to grow.
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If a candidate or reporter does it today, there's a good chance they'll be trolled and ridiculed for high-handed pretension.
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He was also described by ancient sources as a high-handed person who was also aggressive in his dealings.; he also used his allies to spy on his opponents.
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However, he was never the most tactful or sensitive of people, and frequently antagonised his neighbours with his high-handed and snobbish attitude towards them.
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At a loss to escape from this high-handed treatment, she resorted to a device no less prudent than daring.
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This vote was pushed through with a narrow margin and followed previous unsuccessful votes which were protested by students because of the high-handed manner in which they were held.
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Governors who were too high-handed or injudicious in the exercise of their office occasionally fell foul of the local political institutions.
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