Answer: tyrants

AnswerCrossword Clue
TYRANTSAbsolute rulers.
tyrantsruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally
tyrantsusurper of sovereignty
tyrantsan absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution
TYRANTSTough bosses
TYRANTSAutocrats
TYRANTSDespots
TYRANTSCaligula and Nero
TYRANTSBritish officials, to the colonists
TYRANTSOppressors
TYRANTSThere were thirty in Athens
TYRANTSRelatives of taskmasters.
TYRANTSDictators.
TYRANTSAutocrats.
TYRANTSHard heads
TYRANTSPhilip of Macedon and Periander of Corinth.
TYRANTSOverlords.
TYRANTSPeriander, Nero, etc.
TYRANTSThe Thirty ....
TYRANTSOppressors.
TYRANTSFire-breathers
TYRANTSRuthless rulers
TYRANTSNasty rulers
TYRANTSThey're absolutely powerful
TYRANTSDictators
TYRANTSAbsolute rulers
TYRANTSRuthless leaders
TYRANTSMerciless bosses