robber baron

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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

Outside of the Rams’ modern-day robber baron owner Stan Kroenke, McVay has more at stake than anyone in the upcoming Super Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 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

Back in the days before SATs and admissions scandals, that school was founded and funded by John D. Rockefeller, the classic robber baron of Standard Oil.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2019

"Halt!" cried the robber baron, reining up his pony.

From The Admirable Tinker Child of the World by Jepson, Edgar