draconian English

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What does draconian mean?

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draconian Adjective

— If something is draconian, it is very severe or strict. The Soviet regime was draconian. The mayor announced draconian budget cuts today.

Draconian

— adjective of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws Draconian measures

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draconian English » English

very harsh

severe

Draconian

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draconian

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Simple sentences

Mary imposed draconian punishments on her son Tom for committing even the smallest infractions.

Mary imposed draconian punishments on her son for committing even the smallest infractions.

Movie subtitles

The president of the Earth's government deplores the Draconian attack on two of Earth's cargo vessels.

We are under attack by a Draconian battle cruiser, galaxy class, equipped with neutronic missiles.

Draconian battle cruiser is now about to grapple.

Repeat, Draconian battle cruiser about to lock on now.

This is the commander of the Draconian battle cruiser.

Draconian battle cruiser has now locked on.

We are not attacking Draconian ships. We never have!

They'll send a note of protest to the Draconian Embassy.

DRACONIAN COMMANDER: Earth men, this is your last warning.

News is just coming through of another Draconian attack on an Earth cargo ship in space.

In a statement issued by the Draconian Embassy on Earth, the Draconian government denies all knowledge of this or any other attacks.

Distress signals have been received from another Earth cargo ship, reporting an attack by a Draconian battle cruiser.

There have been anti-Draconian riots in Tokyo and Belgrade, and the Draconian Consulate in Helsinki has been burnt to the ground.

But Article 6 of the new edict is draconian.

This humble homage will, I hope,.prevent our draconian moralist to knit her pretty brows.

Mr Taylor agrees it's in everyone's interest to resolve the situation without resorting to draconian legal measures.

These people are draconian thugs, and in an evil and twisted derby between the Communists and the Fundamentalists, it's 6-to-5 and pick them, as far as I'm concerned.

The Obama machine is also pressuring Congress to pass draconian hate speech laws that will eviscerate the First Amendment.

Draconian.

I shall cleverly disguise this lethal plasma disruptor device as a tuna fish sandwich, whereupon I shall end that wretched woman's Draconian reign of tyranny!

Draconian practices are things of the past, Detective.

But there are those who would use this incident to justify draconian measures, like travel restrictions or forced registration, who would espouse hatred or even violence.

I prefer to think of them as draconian points earned for good behavior. Like when you were little and you had chores, if you had chores.

You don't think this is a bit draconian?

We are not attacking Draconian ships.

News and current affairs

But, over the past fifty years, when many other countries, including France and Italy, implemented draconian controls, the result was always the same: eventually, the private sector adapted and eroded the controls' effectiveness.

After all, when nuclear punishment seemed too draconian to be credible, the US adopted a conventional flexible response to add an element of denial in its effort to deter a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.

NEW YORK - British Prime Minister David Cameron's government has announced some of the most draconian public-sector cuts any developed country government has ever attempted.

Chinese critics of the government, or even those who simply wish to report mistakes or wrongdoing, are silenced with a heavy hand: beatings in police stations, draconian jail sentences, or even murder.

But, instead of addressing the structural causes of rising corruption, India's anti-graft movement bemoans a supposed weakening of ethical values and demands additional agencies with draconian powers to monitor and punish.

If not, more draconian solutions will be necessary.

Some of these emerging rules are draconian.

Yet many Europeans talk of imposing draconian privacy or data-localization rules as a precondition for signing any new free-trade deal.

Abbas will find it equally challenging to apply rule-of-law principles to a traumatized community that is reeling after nearly five years of violence, oppression, and draconian travel restrictions imposed by the Israelis.

If so, they may have prevented the implementation of more draconian anti-terrorist measures - thus enabling the current debate.

They have responded with draconian policies that mirror the simplistic message of a drug-free society espoused by UN drug treaties and the institutions that seek to enforce them.

While draconian policies can curb migration somewhat, they mostly drive it underground.

The problem is that even global, draconian, and hugely costly CO2 reductions will have virtually no impact on the temperature by mid-century.

For years, Castro has blamed any internal problems on a draconian US trade embargo.

In the end, Asia's developing economies had no choice but to accept draconian measures as the price of bailouts in the late 1990's. It remains to be seen if rich developed countries are willing to take the same route.

But, when all was said and done, through what turned out to be often Draconian controls, China pulled off quite a feat!

But China's draconian capital controls and massive financial repression currently disqualify it from anchoring the global economic system.

But it was not until Tung tried to ram through draconian internal-security legislation that many of Hong Kong's citizens began to feel that they were being overtaken by the repressive governance from which they were supposed to be exempt.

NEW YORK - The assassination of Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab province in Pakistan and an outspoken critic of religious extremism, has focused attention on his country's draconian blasphemy law.

But the BJP may well win India's national elections next spring, and has pledged to bring back POTA, or something even more draconian.

And, while popular demonstrations have diminished - largely as a result of draconian new anti-protest laws - the more conflict accumulates beneath the surface, the more devastating the eventual explosion will be.

The idea that Germany would show financial solidarity with weakened eurozone members only if they accept draconian stabilization measures is similarly unrealistic.

At the moment, the United States has stepped into the breach, relying on often-Draconian extraterritorial use of its justice system and control of the international banking system to impose a crude frontier justice.

Moreover, Thailand already attracts unwanted attention for its draconian security laws.