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robber baron

  1. a nobleman of feudal times who robbed people traveling through his domain
  2. ☆ any of a number of U.S. capitalists of the late 19th cent. who acquired vast wealth by exploitation and ruthlessness

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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