High-handed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  High-handed \High"-hand`ed\, a.
     Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a
     high-handed act.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  high-handed
       adj : given to haughty disregard of others [syn: {cavalier}]