ruling with an iron fist , auch: ruling with a rod of iron

Once there, however, he finds that the local police have corrupted the town and are ruling with an iron fist.

They also accused Sann of being undemocratic and "ruling with an iron fist."

Recruited by the revived Sōsai Z, he is a dictator, ruling with an iron fist.

The initial act of staging a coup eventually led to the Justice Lords taking over the world's governments and ruling with an iron fist.

A cruel, tyrannical gangster, Katya (Danny Denzongpa), has taken control of a small Indian village, ruling with an iron fist.

The Separation of Powers devised by the framers of the Constitution was designed to do one primary thing: to prevent the majority from ruling with an iron fist.

A tyrant called Shasarak the Wytch-King has subjugated the people and with the help of seven Shadaki Wytches is ruling with an iron fist.

During WWII, documentation exists that demoralized soviet soldiers began calling the cannon "Stalin's Shaft," an indirect derogatory reference to Stalin ruling with an Iron fist.

The New York City on Counter-Earth is divided vertically with humans living on the bottom and the Beastials living miles above the street, ruling with an iron fist.

Aurangzeb, who was better known by his imperial title Alamgir ("world-seizer"), was born at Dahod, Gujarat, and was the sixth Mughal Emperor ruling with an iron fist over most of the Indian subcontinent.