Definitions from Wiktionary (robber baron)
▸ noun: (historical) In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.
▸ noun: (chiefly US, idiomatic, usually derogatory) Especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable and often unethical.
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▸ noun: (historical) In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.
▸ noun: (chiefly US, idiomatic, usually derogatory) Especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable and often unethical.
Similar:
robber-baron,
baron,
beer baron,
robber,
drug baron,
barrator,
land pirate,
porn baron,
rip-off merchant,
barretor,
more...
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Adjectives:
covert baron,
baronial,
peery,
mesne,
liege,
right honourable,
paravail,
vassal,
feudalist,
signorial,
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