power play

Questions about power play

What does power play mean?

power play means "an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for power play?

Close synonyms include squeeze play, squeeze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is power play a common word?

power play is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.