Yet this would not be the first time that a dominant man, blinded by the habit of abuse and the arroganceofpower, had thrown it all away and ruined the people unfortunate enough to cross his path.
At times the arroganceof those in power is quite blatant.
有时那些当权者的傲慢很露骨。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3
The other part is that there is an arrogance that attaches to power — that the normal rules of behavior are suspended and you're able to get away with things that normal people can't.