dadagirin.
/ˈdɑːdəɡɪri/, U.S. /ˈdɑdəˌɡɪri/ Indian English (chiefly depreciative).
The action, fact, or practice of using one's power, authority, strength, etc., to threaten or coerce others; bullying, intimidation; thuggery.
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1929 Times of India 21 May 10/1 Don't be afraid of the imitation of the owners... Don't break the strike, whatever happens. Don't be afraid of the Government's ‘lathi raj’. Don't take fright at anybody's ‘dadagiri’.
1963 Econ. Weekly 15 1469/3 The party..has ceased to attract into its folds any but young men on the make. A new type, much in evidence in the organisation, has raised dadagiri to a fine art.
1988 Illustr. Weekly India 23 Oct. 64/3 The politics of dadagiri will not work. We will not allow anyone to bulldoze their way to unity.
2006 India Today (Nexis) 24 July 52 When the cable Act was passed, cable operators said the Government was indulging in dadagiri.
2016 R. S. Agarwal et al. Business Emami Way i. 3 We also had to deal with local hooligans and face their dadagiri.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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