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draconian
adjective /drəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/
/-ˈkoʊ-/ formalDefinition
› describes laws, government actions, etc. that are extremely severe, or go further than what is right or necessary: draconian laws/methods He criticized the draconian measures taken by the police in controlling the demonstrators.Severe
(Definition of draconian adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
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