pillage
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In his book, “Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America,” Ballou examined large leveraged buyouts and found that many of which resulted in bankruptcies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Cerberus’ approach is “extremely aggressive,” says Brendan Ballou, a former federal prosecutor and author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025
No wonder Galeano subtitled his classic, “Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.”
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018
Pillage their sacred trees, speed through the slow-skiing section-you're untouchable, Mr. Big Time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rev. Augustus Jessopp, in "After the Great Pillage," tells the story of how the parishes were broken up as a consequence of the confiscation of their endowment during the so-called reformation.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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