robber baron in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

robber baron in the PONS Dictionary

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But that's just not feasible unless your daddy is a robber baron.
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He was considered one of the last and great robber barons of his day, as times were changing.
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He was called a cattle king, captain of industry, and a robber baron.
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Our broadband providers enjoy the kinds of high profit margins that would make a 19th-century robber baron blush.
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Together with other major investors (and railroad robber barons of the nineteenth century), he made a fortune.
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There have always been two states one ripe for developers, corporations, financial institutions, and robber barons.
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Robber baron landlords swoop in, cackling, forcing families onto the streets and auctioning off their homes, literally, to the highest bidder.
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It was not to be palatial private pleasure dome like those of the 19th-century robber barons.
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There is still a strong 1950s socialist view that he was a robber baron, a harsh industrialist who made huge profits.
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This characterization contrasts with that of the robber baron, a business leader using political means to achieve his ends.
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