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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of power-trip.

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Examples

  • He sexually power-tripped some young men (of an age where young men regularly run sexual power-trips on young women and boast of their exploits).

    Stan Goff: Pyongyang, Foley, and Mass Death 2008

  • Jerome Armstrong of MyDD, also on hand in Orlando, seems similarly shocked to discover that these Party leaders are ... ... more a group of ` ordinary democrats 'from different states, than a group of power-tripped endorsees looking for a candidate.

    Real reality... 2005

  • Jerome Armstrong of MyDD, also on hand in Orlando, seems similarly shocked to discover that these Party leaders are ... ... more a group of ` ordinary democrats 'from different states, than a group of power-tripped endorsees looking for a candidate.

    Victory via repetition... 2004

  • Jerome Armstrong of MyDD, also on hand in Orlando, seems similarly shocked to discover that these Party leaders are ... ... more a group of ` ordinary democrats 'from different states, than a group of power-tripped endorsees looking for a candidate.

    Deja vu all over again. 2004

  • Jerome Armstrong of MyDD, also on hand in Orlando, seems similarly shocked to discover that these Party leaders are ... ... more a group of ` ordinary democrats 'from different states, than a group of power-tripped endorsees looking for a candidate.

    Archive 2004-12-01 2004

  • Jerome Armstrong of MyDD, also on hand in Orlando, seems similarly shocked to discover that these Party leaders are ... ... more a group of ` ordinary democrats 'from different states, than a group of power-tripped endorsees looking for a candidate.

    I'm still kind of bogged down... 2004

  • Obviously we're desperate not to have a lying, senile panderer and an inexperienced, power-tripped beauty queen running our country.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2008

  • She made a power-tripped fool of herself threatening to “step in” if Senator Hillary Clinton didn’t drop out of the race.

    Why-Haven’t-You- Impeached-the-President Tour - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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