Usually means: Arrogant and dismissively authoritative behavior.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word high-handed:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. high-handed: Merriam-Webster
  2. high-handed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. high-handed, high-handed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. high-handed: Vocabulary.com
  5. High-handed, high-handed: Wordnik
  6. high-handed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. high-handed: Wiktionary
  8. high-handed: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. high-handed: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. High-handed, high-handed: Dictionary.com
  11. High-handed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. high-handed: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. high-handed: Rhymezone
  14. High-handed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. high-handed: FreeDictionary.org
  16. high-handed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. high-handed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. high-handed: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. high-handed: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. high-handed: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See high-handedly as well.)

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adjective:  Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.

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