The second was his hatred of arbitrary and self-serving authority.

Thus the royal prerogative is in theory an unlimited, arbitrary authority.

For they understand that the exercise of arbitrary authority can corrupt anyone: that occupation corrupts the occupier.

His defiance of what he called arbitrary authority got him in trouble occasionally.

Jim and I were out to destroy - ridicule, if you will - all sources of arbitrary authority and custom.

Of course, many tribal governments have struggled with corruption, cronyism, inefficiency and arbitrary authority.

But he knew that they could just as easily be seen as symbols of oppressive, arbitrary authority.

Prison officials with arbitrary authority over everyday rules can make life far more miserable for inmates than inmates can for the guards.

In the devolution of authority to one individual as the head of a collective, a system of checks on arbitrary authority is prevalent.

This appears to be a passive resistance to internment and arbitrary authority, though K may be only vaguely aware of his motives.