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disenfranchise(verb, suppress, subject, bind, dominate)
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subjugate(verb, control, run, direct, defeat)
2
call the shots(verb, expression, idiom, control, run)
2
dominate(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
enslave(verb, defeat, subdue, subject, bind)
2
lead by the nose(verb, expression, idiom, control, run)
2
overbear(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
predominate(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
preponderate(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
prevail(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
reign(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
rule the roost(verb, expression, idiom, control, run)
2
run the show(verb, expression, idiom, control, run)
2
subject(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
tyrannize(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
1
bear down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, defeat, subdue)
1
beat down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, defeat, subdue)
1
bind(verb, suppress, subject, exclude, dominate)
1
boss(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
1
bring to heel(verb, expression, idiom, defeat, subdue)
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