Answer: warlord

AnswerCrossword Clue
WARLORD

Power seizer

WARLORD

Bellicose clan leader

WARLORD

Coup leader, perhaps

WARLORD
Belligerent leader
WARLORD
Would-be dictator
WARLORDStrongman, perhaps
WARLORDChinese military chief.
WARLORDBandit leader.
WARLORDAggressive tyrant
WARLORDBygone Chinese ruler
WARLORDMinor despot
WARLORDCommander exercising civil power
WARLORDCongo's Thomas Lubanga, for one