lust for power; desire for power
A strong, often negative, craving for authority or control. Used in political, organizational, or personal contexts.
All his actions stem from a lust for power.
A politician possessed by a desire for power is dangerous.
Compound of 権力 (power, authority) and 欲 (desire, greed). The reading けんりょくよく is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi readings of the kanji.