Despot

[Imallin4Joe]

a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way

Defined.

[TheProle]

1. No doubt about it.

Putin is a textbook example.

Is there broader context here that I am missing?

[Imallin4Joe]

2. I tried to give the simplest definition of the word to make a point

no secret message or anything..

Just, the most basic description of Vlad the Terrible that I could muster.

[TheProle]

3. Got it.