exp. use the authority given by a position (in society, in a company etc.) to determine someone to act in a certain manner. E.g: He is not eager to attend the event, but he has to be there because his boss pulled rank on him.
His name was Costi Hinn. Yes, Hinn. As in that Hinn. Costi is Benny Hinnâs nephew. Henry Hinn, Costiâs father, is Bennyâs brother. Costi used to work for his uncle and flew all over the world with him in his G-5 private jet. He has participated in hundreds of his uncleâs âhealing crusades.â Benny paid him handsomely, enabling Costi to drive a Hummer while in college.
Along the way, Milo meets Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy, politically-minded Pompeii merchant (Jared Harris). Cassia, though, is also being aggressively pursued by the corrupt Roman senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland) -- the same Roman who, of course, killed Milo's parents years before.