@Nep as have I. Likewise, it shows a certain disconnect and emotional lack of intelligence (emotional quotient) when one does this sort of thing—it's like an example given by C.S. Lewis is his
Letters on the Psalms, where Lewis writes about how a magistrate on a tax assessment may claim all sorts of unreasonable/false points, grotesquely overestimating the levy due. When one who possesses the
means to contend with such actions readily, then as you have mentioned, it can be something of a "game"—however, when one levies outrageous and unlawful taxes against one without means or ability to see through the injustices, or to maintain access to the courts/ability to navigate them, then the person is at a distinct disadvantage,and thus the "game" becomes a grotesque form of villainy.
In this sense, her efforts to "obtain" the property by any and all means necessary are in this case "stealing from orphans, widows, the sick, paupers, indigents, etc." people who are at grotesque risk of real harm for her (in this case) rather selfish whim.
By being so out of touch, she demonstrates a clear failure to utilize EQ, and thus despite her "craft", she misplaces it, making her into a "despot" whom will likely be crushed for the sake of reader catharsis.