The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OPPRESSOR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OPPRESSOR
- Nought prospers with reforming tyrant
- Media taken in by ‘terribly poor’ tyrant
- Tyrant‘s abuse of poor absorbs newspapers
- Despot’s grilling poor, newspaper’s admitted
- In Tempest, Prospero’s a tyrant
- Teacher dismissing of supporting work one dictates
- Poor press broadcast by tyrant
- Tyrant's beaten, so prosper
- He has people under him work with iron and gold
- Organise poor to crush iron dictator
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The straight part
We know that "one dictates" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one dictates = oppressor.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OPPRESSOR mean?
OPPRESSOR noun- Someone who oppresses another or others.