high-handed

See also: highhanded

English

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highhanded

Adjective

high-handed (comparative more high-handed, superlative most high-handed)

Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
- 2024 May 4, Simon Tisdall, “Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards”, in The Observer‎, →ISSN:
  Critics accuse her [von der Leyen] of serious missteps over the pandemic, the Gaza war, alleged cronyism, – and of having a high-handed manner.

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using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others

Bulgarian: деспотичен (bg) (despotičen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 专横的
French: cavalier (fr), despotique (fr) m, arrogant (fr) m, autoritaire (fr) m, impérieux (fr) m, hautain (fr) m, morgue (fr) m, autocratique (fr) m
German: eigenmächtig (de), selbstherrlich (de)
Slovak: panovačný m, despotický m
Spanish: despótico (es), arrogante (es), autoritario (es)
Swedish: egenmäktig (sv)

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