monopoly
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The DOJ's antitrust division is responsible for enforcing laws meant to promote competition and guard against illegal monopolies.
From BBC
For almost 10 years, he said he was blacklisted by Chavez’s oil managers, who barred him from directly buying supplies from state energy monopoly PdVSA, forcing him to work through government-allied intermediaries to acquire asphalt.
Because police have a monopoly on violence in their communities, the stakes of technological misuse can encompass life and death.
From Salon
Most of that money went to producing and airing ads in which Steyer touts his wins supporting various ballot measures and pledges to break up utility monopolies to lower costs.
From Los Angeles Times
“It buys into the false narrative that the secondary market is to blame for all problems in ticketing, deflecting attention from the Live Nation-Ticketmaster monopoly,” said Moss in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times
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