verb

state or order authoritatively.

the tsar’s attempts to dictate policy

give orders to,order about,order around,boss (about),boss (around),impose one’s will on,lord it over,bully,domineer,dominate,tyrannize,oppress,ride roughshod over,control,pressurize,browbeat,lay down the law,act the tin god,push about,push around,bulldoze,walk all over,call the shots,throw one’s weight about,throw one’s weight around