robber baron

Noun

 * 1)   In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.
 * 2)   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.
 * 1)   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.
 * 1)   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.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: rosvoparoni
 * German:
 * Irish: bithiúnach gnó
 * Portuguese: barão-ladrão, cavaleiro ladrão
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ви̏те̄з отѝма̄ч
 * Roman: vȉtēz otìmāč


 * Finnish: rosvoparoni
 * Portuguese: barão-ladrão