Adjective : He has a highhanded manner. From Dictionary.com.
Nearly a century ago, Wilson admitted America was being "highhanded" with Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [When Soft Hearts Make Smart Policy] Reference
The tripartite alliance on Thursday condemned the "highhanded" raids by the Scorpions on the homes of axed deputy president Jacob. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"highhanded" raids by the Scorpions on the homes of axed deputy president Jacob Zuma. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Emily was a little peevish at his highhanded plans. From Wordnik.com. [The Fateful Bargain]
"I hope you're not always going to be so highhanded?". From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Even courtroom visits by Martha's pals Rosie and Bill Cosby seemed highhanded. From Wordnik.com. [Martha's Fall] Reference
If his methods were slightly highhanded, well, he could not be blamed overmuch. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates] Reference
Since it had to be gone through with, it must be carried off in a highhanded way. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
Surprised at this highhanded demand for his property, Drew waited for enlightenment. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
Even before Sept. 11, the country's immigration laws were often arbitrary and highhanded. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Setting out to anger members of my new family with these highhanded orders was not for me. From Wordnik.com. [The Turquoise Mask]
One can see an incredible backlash from such a highhanded imperial policy ... but not Franken. From Wordnik.com. [Report: Al Franken Mulling Bid For Senate] Reference
In his usual highhanded way he demanded to have a favor granted him that was forbidden by the laws. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler] Reference
First the usually obedient Japanese press started printing nasty rumors about her highhanded manners. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Swoon] Reference
"But I want it known that I resent this highhanded treatment, and I shall write a letter complaining of it.". From Wordnik.com. [Brain Twister] Reference
The Patrol's highhanded method of using pawns made me aware that there was something to being their opponent. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
But Yeltsin paid a psychic price for that coup: he had to fire his highhanded bodyguard and beloved crony, Maj. From Wordnik.com. [Born Again] Reference
And we know that 10.5 considers himself "The Doctor" and is angry at the highhanded way that Ten is treating him. From Wordnik.com. [Pony Pep Talk Needed...ARRGGH!] Reference
Perhaps they might want to ask the ordinary Catholics who have been too little consulted by the highhanded hierarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Patent Leather, Impure Thoughts] Reference
"It has become very clear that the arbitrary change of the name of Unisa was highhanded and ill-advised," Pityana said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Sometimes I too had an instinct toward that same highhanded imperiousness that showed itself in my grandfather's letter. From Wordnik.com. [The Turquoise Mask]
That in fact may well be Chen's problem -- he has a tendency to be highhanded because he is so much brighter than everyone else. From Wordnik.com. [Assassinate Ma?] Reference
If anything, freer media in Pakistan will provide a useful counterpoint to highhanded or misguided government or judicial actions. From Wordnik.com. [Shuja Nawaz: Musharraf's "Leap Into the Dark" May Be Just That] Reference
Administration's highhanded efforts to defeat Cornell for renomination, seemed to put the State within the grasp of a united party. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
She obeyed this somewhat highhanded request, but only, she told herself, because he might wish to tell her something about her aunt. From Wordnik.com. [Tulips For Augusta]
Summers was even more highhanded in addressing the “retention bonuses” handed to the very employees who brokered all those bad bets. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday Reading] Reference
And to protest NDTV's highhanded efforts to curb our freedom of speech. From Wordnik.com. [Blogbharti] Reference
Jackson's popularity had been increased by his highhanded actions in the Floridas. From Wordnik.com. [The United States of America, Part 1] Reference
This highhanded interference with private rights was what Israel's revolt had led to. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII] Reference
It was an outrage -- highhanded tyranny -- but at the worst it was a magnificent adventure. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision Splendid] Reference
At first she tried to brazen it out, and then she changed her tack and became very highhanded. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret In Exile]
Many symptoms indicate that the government has in contemplation some act of highhanded authority. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2] Reference
Somehow they were going to urge the real cattle men to use highhanded measures to destroy Mr. Simms's flock. From Wordnik.com. [The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail] Reference
We never really believed that the town-fathers had taken their highhanded measure on account of scarlet fever. From Wordnik.com. [Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life] Reference
This persistence in his highhanded policy made any real reconciliation between Edward and Winchelsea impossible. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)] Reference
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