Formerly the provincial governors of the Persian Empire were called this. Currently, it is used to refer to any leader who is excessively authoritarian or who abuses his power.
SATRAP: PATRIARCH OR PROTECTOR OF THE EMPIRE.OLD NAME IS USED TO DESIGNATE GOVERNORS OF THE KING OF THE PERSIANS.
extremely person crook who takes everything to achieve their goals of personal power and damn dinero.un.
Person who is able to use any means at its disposal to achieve its final objective
I always used the Word as a synonym for scoundrel.
somewhere I read that this term is used to define to whom sostenia tablets of reading in historical times
the charge of collecting taxes for the King