Examples of 'power grab' in a sentence

Meaning of "power grab"

A power grab refers to a political or organizational maneuver in which an individual or group seeks to gain or consolidate power, often in a forceful or aggressive manner. It implies an attempt to increase control, authority, or influence over a specific domain or entity. Power grabs can involve actions such as seizing control, undermining rivals, or manipulating systems for personal or collective gain
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  • An attempt to gain authority in an oppressive or unscrupulous way.

How to use "power grab" in a sentence

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A power grab is smelling more and more.
This was an unprecedented power grab by the president.
The power grab is justified in noble terms.
And the left is making a power grab.
A blatant power grab on her part.
Munoz is going for a full on power grab.
Caused a big power grab in the crime world.
You are doing this as a power grab.
Of the power grab going on out there.
This is like a cheap power grab.
This power grab is not surprising.
This ai not no kind of power grab.
The power grab by those agents is on the horizon.
This was all her power grab.
A power grab is smelling more and more like exactly what it is.

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Is not an excuse for a power grab.
This is where the power grab starts and shame on it.
Democrats accused the president of an unconstitutional power grab.
Sans the power grab.
This is so much more than a partisan power grab.
This is an unprecedented power grab by the left wing of the party.
The changes are a socialist power grab.
It is most certainly a power grab for the citizens of this country.
I think this is another power grab.
This power grab has been accompanied by an aggressive expansion of his political base.
Giordino is making a power grab.
But this power grab has already been met with resistance.
Your motive was a power grab.
An analogous power grab is being attempted in Africa.
As an opportunity for a power grab.
It was a power grab that broke Saudi succession rules.
Riley makes a power grab.
Every politically active person in the country understands the reality of this power grab.
This is a power grab.
We are not both dying over some interdimensional power grab.
You are using the crisis as a massive power grab to take us towards fiscal union.
Let someone else help you with your power grab.
Regional power grab attempt causes rare discord in Ethiopia coalition.
There is gonna be a power grab.
The Ascension is not a power grab that Jesus will use to control people and outcomes.
That is a massive power grab.
Power grab in a coup against the murderous uncle?
Maybe it was a power grab.
Xi 's power grab has been equal parts successful and swift.
And there he would looks like he is trying to make a power grab.
General Hauser interprets this as a power grab and but later learns the truth.
There was a very harsh ideological attack on any attempt to oppose the power grab.
Not one court has given his unlawful power grab a stamp of approval.
The opposition considers the snap election the culmination of a carefully orchestrated power grab.
And that video was a naked power grab if I have ever seen one.

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