The populace was in thrall to the dictator's whims.
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Thrall
/θɹɔl/
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Noun(5 words)
chattelchattel slavechurlconcubinecontroldebt slavedebt slaverydeprivation of freedomdisenfranchisementdisfranchisementdominationenslavemententhrallmentfeudalismfeudalitygalley slavehelothelotism
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Then with lowly downcast eye / she dropped her voice, and softly made reply. / "Ah! happy maid of Priam, doomed instead / at Troy upon a foeman's tomb to die! / Not drawn by lot for servitude, nor led / a captive thrall, like me, to grace a conqueror's bed."
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I was surprised by how completely in thrall she was to him.
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I was surprised to find out how completely in thrall she is to him.
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