power trip

English Thesaurus

1. (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people (noun.act)

hypernym	:	control,
definition	:	the activity of managing or exerting control over something (noun.act)

domain usage	:	argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular,
definition	:	a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (noun.communication)