robber baron | Idiomator

Meaning: ; (historical)In Europe, anaristocratwho chargedexorbitantfeesor otherwiseexactedmoneyfrom people whojourneyedacrosslandorwaterwayswhich he controlled.Synonym:feudal lord1901,Jack London, “The Man with the Gash”, inThe God of His Fathers‎[1], New York: McClure, Phillips & Co.,page114:Men who made it a custom to travel the trail to Dawson, likened him to arobber baron, perched in his fortress and exacting toll from the caravans that used his ill-kept roads.; ; (chieflyUS,idiomatic,usuallyderogatory)Especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries, abusinesstycoonwho had greatwealthandinfluencebut whose methods weremorallyquestionableand oftenunethical.[from 1870s]Synonyms:captain of industry,magnateHypernym:industrialist1886March 14, “A Robber Baron Muses”, inThe New York Times‎[2],→ISSN, page 3:Still sails theRobber Baron’s yacht in sunny Southern seas. Daily she jams her nose ashore, and daily takes on and puts off a fresh cargo of telegraph dispatches; and he who is idling for his liver's sake knows every night the tale of Wall-street's ticker and baiteth still without cessation his everlasting mouse trap.1975,Michael Argyle,Bodily Communication,→ISBN,page206:An early operator in the field, Ivy Lee, is reported to have changed the image of John D. Rockefeller fromrobber baronto philanthropic old gentleman who loved to play golf and hand out shiny coins to children.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 2, inStatus and Culture, Viking,→ISBN:When therobber baronsemerged in the late nineteenth century as the first ultrarich Americans, they had no clear guide on how to build palatial homes, so they just copied the architecture of wealthy European families.2024October 24, Keith Foglesong, “Shades of Green” (23:06 from the start), inStar Trek: Lower Decks‎[3], season 5, episode 2, spoken byBrad Boimler(Jack Quaid):“Why don't we move this party to the bar? After a long day of hauling treasure trash and getting abducted byrobber barons, I could use a drink.” “Treasure trash?” “Eh, you know, post-scarce society throwing out all their jewels and crap.” “How many jewels?”

Examples:

EN: White man is robber baron.
ES: El hombre blanco es malvado.
EN: A robber baron.
ES: Un Señor de los ladrones.
EN: Shows what happens when your grandfather's a robber baron.
ES: -Mi abuelo fue un barón ladrón.
EN: Oh, the robber baron baloney and all that crap...
ES: Oh, la chorrada del magnate ladrón y toda esa mierda... ¡Ah!
EN: A modern robber baron.
ES: UU. Un barón ladrón moderno.
EN: Or as I prefer to think, a "robber baron."
ES: Yo prefiero llamarlo un "barón ladrón".
EN: You little law-book reading, robber baron butt-kissing, Brisco hiding sissy! You tell me!
ES: Qué capitalista inescrupuloso leguleyo... adulador, maricón que esconde a Brisco. ¡Dígamelo!
EN: That was my grandfather, the original robber baron.
ES: Ese fue mi abuelo, el original barón ladrón.
EN: I don't know why you went to work for that philandering robber baron.
ES: ¿Por qué accediste a trabajar con ese capitalista promiscuo?
EN: A robber baron begets three generations of losers... each lamer than the next.
ES: Tres generaciones de perdedores Cada una peor que la anterior
EN: Misha Yelenkovic, ex-KGB hard man and robber baron, under investigation for looting natural assets.
ES: Este es Misha Yelenkovic, un ex-matón de la KGB y un nuevo rico sin escrúpulos y que está siendo investigado por el saqueo de los recursos naturales rusos.
EN: So,he's a water robber baron?
ES: ¿Así que es un magnate ladrón de agua.?
EN: Knox was the robber baron who owned it.
ES: Knox fue su dueño.
EN: The life and times of a modern-day robber baron laid out in all its glory.
ES: La vida y circunstancias de un barón del crimen de los tiempos modernos expuesto en toda su gloria.
EN: Edward Lomax, the bored heir to a robber baron's empire and obsessed with the work of Aleister Crowley, acquired a genuine grimoire during a trip to Eastern Europe.
ES: Edward Lomax, el aburrido heredero del imperio de un barón ladrón y obsesionado con el trabajo de Aleister Crowley, adquirió una auténtica Grimoire durante un viaje a Europa del Este.

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