robber baron

robber baron读音音标

[ˈrɔbə ˈbærən]

robber baron意思解释

n.

强盗式贵族，强盗式资本家；

变形

复数：robber barons

英英释义

In social criticism and economic literature, Robber barons became a derogatory term applied to wealthy and powerful 19th-century American businessmen that appeared in North American periodical literature as early as the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine. By the late 1800s, the term was typically applied to businessmen who used what were considered to be exploitative practices to amass their wealth.