power play

Fig. a strategy using one's power or authority to carry out a plan or to get one's way. In a blatant power play, the manager claimed he had initiated the sales campaign.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lucia	loo-CHEE-ah (Italian), LOO-tsee-ah (German), LOO-shə (English), loo-SEE-ə (English)	Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Martino	mahr-TEE-no	Italian
Barrett	BAR-ət	English
Wolfe	[wulf]
Atalanta	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Theresia	[ti'ri:zjə]