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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[1] magazine. By the late 19th century, the term was typically applied to
businessmen who used exploitative practices to amass their wealth.[2] Those practices
included unfettered consumption and destruction of natural resources, influencing high
levels of government, wage slavery, squashing competition by acquiring their
competitors, and to create monopolies and/or trusts that control the market. The term
combines the sense of criminal ("robber") and illegitimate aristocracy ("baron") in a
republic.[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ect2mr4hf6qjcubasn6wyurj/bafkreig62bztut5ci6tictyxyr3wi5k4wx7ykj3dbub74v64xqhpykqvxi)
