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What is a robber baron?

What is a robber baron? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (historical) In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.
  2. (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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The only institution standing in front of the robber baron tactics of the Zardari regime, said Imran Khan, is the Judiciary particularly the Supreme Court.
In 1799, the most vicious robber baron of them all met its final end.
Tuesday, the ultimate robber baron, is calling in his debts, and Arthur's very world will be part of the price.
Yet Torquilstone is more of a Bluebeard's castle than a Briar Rose's castle, ruled over as it is by a Norman robber baron.
Further up river are the classic Gothic ruins of Hanstein Castle, the former seat of a robber baron.
Of more immediate interest, I suggested last Sunday that you keep an eye on Henrietta Knight's pair Impek and Robber Baron.

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