挟制皇帝,以其名义号令诸侯。比喻借重权势者的名义发号施令。《三国演义・第一一九回》:“曹操挟天子以令诸侯,自立魏王,篡夺汉室。”
英语 have the emperor in one's power with the aim of oedering the dukes about in his name