Word: overreaching
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...world there was rarely a prince who was wise and even more rarely one who was pious. They are usually the biggest fools and the worst criminals upon earth. ... It pleases the divine will that we ... be unto them humble subjects, as long as they do not overreach themselves and wish to be shepherds instead of executioners...
...Umpires ruled that they had gone too far: instead of being marked with broad Blue arm bands as the rules required, they wore tiny Blue ribbons on their hats. They also drove a deceptively marked vehicle. They were disqualified, and the effects of their raid canceled. But for this overreach, Ben Lear might have been compelled to run his army with a skeleton staff...