also power-play
( power plays)
1.
A power play is an attempt to gain an advantage by showing that you are more powerful than another person or organization, for example in a business relationship or negotiation.
Their politics consisted of unstable power-plays between rival groups.
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2.
In a game of ice hockey, power play is a period of time when one team has more players because one or more of the other team is in the penalty box.
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