The Eritrean regime is authoritarian and intolerant towards any form of association, dissent and free expression. The governmentâs attempt to control all religious institutions was particularly evident in the deposing and replacing of the Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church (EOC) in 2007, and he has remained under house arrest ever since.
5. in an evil manner, in a wicked manner, evilly. 6. adj immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasant We must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator. He was a narrow-minded, sadistic, thoroughly evil little man. If someone has an evil tongue, they tend to say unpleasant things about other people. If the weather or a smell is evil, it is very unpleasant. The evil eye is the magical power to injure or harm people by looking at them. Please rate the definition of  evil  which is the most useful for you.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 1  n. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality. 2  n. Destruction; death. 3  n. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.  n. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the 1  rot. transitive v. To be the bane of; to ruin.