imposers
Those who mandate
Imposers are people who impose—those who force something unwelcome on others or make burdensome demands.
A tax authority is an imposer of levies; an overbearing relative is an imposer of opinions.
The word carries a sense of unwanted pressure: The imposers of these regulations never considered small businesses.
Those who impose obedience
- dictatorsRulers with total control
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
- authoritariansRulers demanding total compliance
oppressors · dominators · controllers · overlords · taskmasters · autocrats · subjugators · coercers
Those falsely claiming identity
- pretendersThose falsely claiming something
- fraudsDeceptive acts or impostors
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
- fakersPretenders to authenticity
masqueraders · phonies · posers · con-artists · swindlers · mountebanks · quacks · deceivers
Unlawful entrants onto property
- encroachersThose who overstep boundaries
- invadersThose who enter by force
- intrudersUnauthorized entrants
- meddlersThose who interfere uninvited
interlopers · usurpers · infringers · violators · interjectors · overreachers · busybodies · interrupters
Those who impose levies
- demandersThose who require something
- extractorsDevices that remove things
- constrainersEntities that limit freedom
- restrictorsDevices that constrain flow
Crafty plot makers
- exploitersThose who abuse others
- puppeteersControllers of jointed figures
- orchestratorsThose who organize complexities
- mastermindsPlans and directs schemes
influencers · persuaders · handlers · engineers · strategists · operators · tacticians · plotters
enforcers
Those who impose obedience
- dictatorsRulers with total control
- tyrantsOppressive absolute rulers
- despotsOppressive absolute rulers
authoritarians · oppressors · dominators · controllers · overlords · taskmasters · autocrats · subjugators · coercers · commanders
impostors
Those falsely claiming identity
- pretendersThose falsely claiming something
- fraudsDeceptive acts or impostors
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
fakers · masqueraders · phonies · posers · con-artists · swindlers · mountebanks · quacks · deceivers · hoaxers
trespassers
Unlawful entrants onto property
- encroachersThose who overstep boundaries
- invadersThose who enter by force
- intrudersUnauthorized entrants
meddlers · interlopers · usurpers · infringers · violators · interjectors · overreachers · busybodies · interrupters · uninvited
taxers
Those who impose levies
- demandersThose who require something
- extractorsDevices that remove things
- constrainersEntities that limit freedom
schemers
Crafty plot makers
- exploitersThose who abuse others
- puppeteersControllers of jointed figures
- orchestratorsThose who organize complexities
masterminds · influencers · persuaders · handlers · engineers · strategists · operators · tacticians · plotters · power-brokers
imposersliberators
Those who free captives
emancipators · freers · rescuers · deliverers · saviors
imposersyielders
Those who relinquish
submitters · followers · compliers · accepters · receivers
imposersrelievers
Things that ease discomfort
alleviators · removers · lifters · mitigators · helpers
- court-imposed finesMonetary penalties from judges
- self-imposed rules
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