Robber baron

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Robber baron is a term first applied by 19th century muckrakers and others as social criticism to certain wealthy, powerful, and unethical 19th-century American businessmen. The term appeared in that use as early as the August 1870 issue of The Atlantic Monthly magazine.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Robber baron (industrialist)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: en:Puck (magazine); Mayer Merkel & Ottmann lith., N.Y.; Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.