Word of the Day – Subjugate

Subjugate (Verb)

sub-joo-gate

Bring under domination or control, especially by conquest: Make someone or something subordinate to.

Taken from the late Latin subjugat- brought under a yoke, from the verb subjugare, based on jugum yoke.

Example sentences

“Oppressors usually try to remove dignity when subjugating victims; the shaven heads of the prison camps did not hurt – they demeaned.”

“But on many issues they have been just as ready to subjugate human rights to their political interests.”