mind-control v.
to use mind control on (a person); to control or influence (a person) telepathically
Paranormal
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1970
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Lin Carter
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Of course, I had no gun. Meade had used it to shoot me with. And I hadn’t thought it necessary to relieve any one of the guards I mind-controlled of his hardware in passing.
Star Rogue xi. 114 -
1974
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Andre Norton
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But I didn’t know about the helmet, except that you could not mind-control him if he wore it. I didn’t know they could!
Iron Cage xvii. 259 -
1987
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Melinda M. Snodgrass
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He knew he was being unfair, lashing out at the wrong people, but their attempt to separate him from Blythe shattered his control, and he had brutally mind[-]controlled them both.
Degradation Rites in G. R. R. Martin Wild Cards 174 -
1990
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Baird Searles
Each has a servant…who has been mind-controlled for so long that s/he is virtually an extension of the User’s will.
On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction Mar. 184/2 -
2015
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S. M. Stirling
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He hadn’t mind controlled a Mrem slave since he’d been young and he’d forgotten the pleasure it brought.
A Clan’s Foundation in By Tooth & Claw 100 -
2016
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Stark mind[-]controlled or blackmailed most villains into his service, quickly assembling a legion of killers.
No More Heroes in Starburst Magazine (#423) Apr. 18/3 -
2020
N. K. Jemisin
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I don’t care how many people they’re paying off or mind-controlling, even eldritch abominations can’t get a construction permit overnight in this city.
City We Became xiii. 357
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