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

A notorious strikebreaker noted for paying his workers abysmally low wages, the complicated robber baron also publicly supported progressive tax laws, including estate taxes.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

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

The title "robber baron," which many of them bore, sufficiently indicates their mode of life, and turbulence and outrage prevailed throughout the land.

From Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German by Morris, Charles