Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices. 2. (v. t.) To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.

Multi-Version Concordance Tyrannize (1 Occurrence) Deuteronomy 21:14 And it hath been -- if thou hast not delighted in her, that thou hast sent her away at her desire, and thou dost not at all sell her for money; thou dost not tyrannize over her, because that thou hast humbled her. (YLT)