robber baron
Example Sentences
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Government and private money are flowing in quantities that would make a Gilded Age robber baron blush.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
And of course, Disney keeps mining "Star Wars" and Marvel like a robber baron.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2022
Mr. Gates became interested in immunizations in the late 1990s, when Microsoft was facing an antitrust case that cast him as a modern-day robber baron.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2020
But he was also a robber baron who gained control of the Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2019
If it's a fair And civil question, and not too abstruse, Were you elected as a "robber baron," Or as a Communist whose teeth had hair on?
From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose
