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(transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer. / (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.

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Source Word

hector

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhɛktə/

Verb

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(transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer. / (intransitive) To behave like a hector or bully; to bluster, to swagger; to bully.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）威圧的な態度で、支配・脅迫・いじめること。 / （自動詞）威圧的に振る舞う、または豪語する様子を示す。

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The veteran supervisor would hector the new employees until they agreed to take on extra shifts.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

そのベテランの監督者は、新しい従業員が追加のシフトを引き受けるまで、威圧して従わせていた。

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(transitive) To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.

Theſe Nimrods (ſay they) grew great by the Strength of their Limbs and their Vices, engraved their Murthers upon their Shields, and Hectored all the Little and Peaceable People into Peaſantry.

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