Wiktionary
alt. (context transitive idiomatic English) To treat roughly or without care, respect, moderation, or control; to act in a bullying manner toward; to damage. vb. (context transitive idiomatic English) To treat roughly or without care, respect, moderation, or control; to act in a bullying manner toward; to damage.
Usage examples of "ride roughshod over".
Balch acted like a man who'd ride roughshod over everything or anybody.
He regretted only that they had hesitated to ride roughshod over Carpenter, Marable and the lot of them.
She thinks she's so high and mighty and can just ride roughshod over us because we collect their rubbish!
In some ways, the Lizards were very much like his own people: if you convinced one of them you had superior status, he would grovel, but he would ride roughshod over you if he thought himself of the higher rank.
It was the single most effective constraint on the power of the nobility, who no longer dared ride roughshod over their tenants.
Wisely, he never tried to ride roughshod over anyone else, only now and then letting his authority be felt.
Tonguing a tooth and wondering if it was loose, he almost wished he could see Faile trying to ride roughshod over Alsbet Luhhan.