power-hungry

Two of her colleagues in the Gang of Four are described as "power-hungry pseudo-intellectuals with little round glasses and blank sociopathic stares."

A Shock to the System Michael Fathers 2012

The company has chosen to focus on its green credentials: data centres are well known as power-hungry places – Google, for example, recently made headlines by revealing that its worldwide network of server farms had an energy footprint of 260 megawatts, the equivalent of a sizeable coal-fired power plant.

Best of British 2011

He was succeeded by his nephew, a man named Cyril, often described as power-hungry and generally unpopular.

Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

He was succeeded by his nephew, a man named Cyril, often described as power-hungry and generally unpopular.

Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

He was succeeded by his nephew, a man named Cyril, often described as power-hungry and generally unpopular.

Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001

The power-hungry control mongers on Capital Hill regulate the automobile industry requiring companies to meet minimum fuel efficiency standards for all classes of automobiles and trucks.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

Brute Force (1947): Tough, unsmiling inmate Joe Collins (Lancaster) has spent much of his long prison term butting heads with sadistic, power-hungry Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn).

John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011

Brute Force (1947): Tough, unsmiling inmate Joe Collins (Lancaster) has spent much of his long prison term butting heads with sadistic, power-hungry Captain Munsey (Hume Cronyn).

John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011

For example, in power-hungry but climate-conscious Europe, the expansion of nuclear generating capacity had seemed almost inevitable.

Trying to Solve the German Energy Conundrum Jan Hromadko 2011

But no sensible American can doubt that this is the most power-hungry, radical Leftist administration in history.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010