Scarfo orchestrated a particularly ruthless regime and ordered over a dozen murders during his time as boss.

At first this was merely the usual paranoid rumour inevitable under a ruthless regime where informers abounded, but after a time a more imaginative version emerged.

His tolerance fails him, however, once he comes face to face with the legacy of violence passed down by a succession of ruthless military regimes.

Giving ruthless regimes that power to quell the occasional uprising?

During the strong and ruthless regime of the Earl of Strafford, Catelyn played a key part in the administration.

How many innocent Kuwaitis would have died before sanctions could even cause a dent in Saddam's oil-rich, ruthless regime?

It is also the location of some of the most ruthless regimes, ranging from the old Iraq of Saddam to the current government of Iran.

Unless one is a faithful slave of the regime, human life is worth nothing to this ruthless Communist regime.

On representing the interests of the Habsburg chancellery, Basta's ruthless regime caused deprivation, death, and plague in the province.