hinyanĩrĩria

v.

1. oppress, mistreat. Oppress. To treat someone harshly or unjustly; to burden with cruel or unjust impositions; to exercise oppressive authority.

Example: Mũnene ũtarĩ na ũtaũku-rĩ, o na kũhinyanĩrĩria nĩ mũhinyanĩrĩria mũno, (The less prudent the rulers, the more oppressive their deeds.); Maũndũ macio ma kũhinyanĩrĩria maarĩ mooru mũno na andũ matingĩahotire kũmoomĩrĩria. (This was a harsh and utterly intolerable evil.)