Milward, Alan S. and S. B. Saul.

Under a regime of popular sovereignty, we are free in a way that we are not under an absolute monarch or an entrenched aristocracy.

The Gambia has been under the grip of a tyrannical 'democracy' for almost thirty years.

Myanmar was under a military's dictatorship for 50 years.

The pirates did not have to contend with any central authority until the Alaouite Dynasty united Morocco in 1666.

Since then, the Kurds have suffered under the despotic rule of rival ethnic groups.

Under the communist regimes, ideologies became totally instrumental.

Instead of rejoicing in the liberal order, those of us who have the pleasure of living under it have had to struggle to keep it intact and strong.

The king abused his power.

That's an abuse of authority.

His conduct is above suspicion.

He was put under anesthesia.

His petition was first denied by the Guatemalan electoral authority and then by the Supreme Court.

While freedom from fear is allegedly a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, some ruling politicians in Serbia have brought it into question in recent months through apparent abuse of power.

The Bosporan Kingdom also remained independent under Pharnaces II of Pontus as an ally and friend of Rome.

In 927 he conquered the last remaining Viking kingdom, York, making him the first Anglo Saxon ruler of the whole of England.

You are abusing your authority.

You are abusing your power!

Tom is abusing his authority.

We are under his command.

Don't expose it to the rain.

Don't expose it to the rain.

The ice gave way under his weight.

The ice gave way under his weight.

His child's life is in danger.

He has her under his thumb.

They left it under the table.

She has him under her thumb.

His wife has him under the thumb.

I kissed him under the mistletoe.

I hid it under the mattress.

The problem has been exacerbated by the growing wealth of a number of countries, some of them formerly run by socialist or communist regimes.

And few Americans recall that after the coup, the CIA installed a brutal police state under the Shah.

The remaining land has become fallow and the number of domestic animals traditionally kept by Chechen families has decreased.

Since 1320, it was under the rule of Lithuania, eventually becoming a part of the Russian state in 1505.

This event would eventually lead to the union of Egypt and Syria under Saladin, an inauspicious outcome for the crusader kingdom.

(i) Knew, or consciously disregarded information which clearly indicated, that subordinates under his or her effective authority and control were committing or about to commit a crime of enforced disappearance

It was able to do that itself.

He's rich and powerful.

Its saving grace is that it is widely considered illegitimate and therefore has little power.

In the Arab world, authoritarian governments have deprived people of political, civil, and intellectual freedoms for decades.

So does the disturbing continuity between the absence of legality prior to the occupation and now, under the formal authority of the occupying powers.

Opponents, too, find themselves under threat.

We found him sleeping under the desk.

Under the pressure of sickness and fever, he went mad.