These gentlemen formed, together with M. Maslon, a triumvirate which had tyrannised over the town for a number of years.
这些绅士与马斯隆先生组成了一个多年来一直统治该镇的三驾马车。
经济学人(汇总)
A walking, baton-wielding will to power, she tyrannises her underlings, exploits her rights of patronage, cheats on her wife, drives fast and punches hard.
It is better that a man should tyrannise over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens; and whilst the former is sometimes denounced as being but a means to the latter, sometimes at least it is an alternative.