See also: highhanded

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

  1. 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[1], →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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