power grab

power grab (plural power grabs)

1. (idiomatic) An attempt to gain authority in an oppressive or unscrupulous way.

• power move
• power play

• “power grab”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “power grab”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “power grab”, in Collins English Dictionary.