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Definition von robber-baron im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch
- hırsız baron
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Definition von robber-baron im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Alternative spelling of robber baron
- Especially in the 19th-century and early 20th-century, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable
An early operator in the field, Ivy Lee, is reported to have changed the image of John D. Rockefeller from robber baron to philanthropic old gentleman who loved to play golf and hand out shiny coins to children.
- In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled
Men who made it a custom to travel the trail to Dawson, likened him to a robber baron, perched in his fortress and exacting toll from the caravans that used his ill-kept roads.
- If you refer to someone as a robber baron, you mean that they have made a very large amount of money and have been prepared to act illegally or in an immoral way in order to do so. a powerful person who uses their money and influence to get more money, business, land etc in a way that is slightly dishonest