power-tripper

English

Noun

power-tripper (plural power-trippers)

  1. One who is on a power trip; one who engages in power-tripping.
    • 1976 December 25, Kent Barclay et al., “Men's Center Age Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 4:
      […] showing the current leadership of the Center for what they are: insensitive power trippers unable to find a niche anywhere else, and jealous of anyone who establishes a relationship of trust with a young person while being unable to do so themselves.
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