empire-building
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empire-building noun
- The practice of obtaining more power, responsibility or staff within an organisation for the purpose of self-aggrandisement.
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empirepower-trippingimperialismengrandizementvaingloryingoverbuilderegotismpiling onovermasterfulnessovergreedinessoverimprovementegomaniaaggrandiserhyperexpansionmaximismgreed
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