Adjective
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExperiments in digitizing and running neural wetware under emulation are well established; some radical libertarians claim that, as the technology matures, death-with its draconian curtailment of property and voting rights-will become the biggest civil rights issue of all. Charles Stross
The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve. Patrick Leahy
Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one. Jon Ronson
You don't hear TV cops griping because they have to enforce some Draconian law that shouldn't be on the books in the first place, or lamenting vindictive excesses in sentencing. Hollywood, supposedly a frothing cauldron of liberalism, has always been conservative on crime. Tom Shales
The regime's ban on coverage by international media, its treatment of reporters and draconian restrictions on their activities and maligning them as agents of imperialism is actually testimony to the effectiveness of these media. Reza Pahlavi
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now. Jerry Brown