Definitions for draconian
- rigorous; unusually severe or cruel: Draconian forms of punishment.
- (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian statesman Draco, or his severe code of laws.
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Citations for draconian
Foreigners find mystifying the amount of mayhem permitted in the United States despite ever more draconian laws against something loosely called terrorism.
Last month in Kathmandu, I spoke with five young Tibetans who had just journeyed across the Himalayas to escape draconian policies imposed by the Beijing government in their homeland.
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