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Meanings of power grab in English

Portuguese
auto-golpe
Spanish
autogolpe de estado
Catalan
autocop d'estat

Elected leader illegally maintaining or increasing power.

auto-golpe
Usage of power grab in English
1
A power grab was afoot, and she needed to be very careful.
Consent to kill: a thriller
2
It is this virtual power grab that will be most difficult to combat.
Reuters
3
The people educated themselves on the issues and rejected this blatant power grab.
The Irish Times
4
Prohibition, the Fed, income tax, and the power grab that happened around 1915.
Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
5
Incandescent at Parry's involvement, they see the scheme as being a power grab.
The Guardian
6
Other regulators feared a power grab and the chancellor backed the status quo.
Reuters
7
The FCC unilaterally swiped jurisdiction from the FTC in a blatant power grab.
Wired
8
Following Rajoelina's power grab, donors suspended budget support, the economy stalled and poverty deepened.
Reuters
9
We have the UN making a power grab to administrate all these new worlds.
Cibola Burn
10
Or what about Obama's increasing power grab on private capital?
Obama zombies: how the liberal machine brainwashed my generation
11
Other regulators feared a power grab and the finance minister backed the status quo.
Reuters
12
Democrats had criticized the legislation as a last-minute power grab.
Reuters
13
Analysts say a Houthi power grab could galvanise these movements.
Reuters
14
Analysts say a Houthi power grab could galvanize these movements.
Reuters
15
Amber is in bad enough shape without another power grab.
The Great Book of Amber
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The African Union suspended Madagascar last week and the United Nations criticised Rajoelina's power grab.
Reuters
Translations for power grab
Portuguese
auto-golpe