Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who makes a business of breaking up or trying to break up trusts or industrial combinations in restraint of competition.
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Examples
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Roosevelt who would go on to earn the title of the great "trust-buster," wasn't considered enough of a buster for Godkin because he had refused to break with the Republican party over the nomination of James Blaine, a supporter of the old political patronage mill.
Marc Epstein: What Is the Meaning of LIFO: You're Fired Mr. Chips! Marc Epstein 2011
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Teddy was not the runaway trust-buster of historical memory, but he didn't hesitate to go after the big combines when it was needed to protect the country.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The Most Important Speech the President Has Ever Given 2010
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Teddy was not the runaway trust-buster of historical memory, but he didn't hesitate to go after the big combines when it was needed to protect the country.
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They did not act but Roosevelt did, issuing 44 lawsuits against major corporations; he was called the "trust-buster".
McCain's National Co-Chair: Media Coverage Of Palin Is "Completely Fair," Not Sexist 2009
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BigO could paint himself as reaching across the aisle to the greatest trust-buster of all time, Republican Teddy Roosevelt.
McCain Ad Promises "New Rules" For Wall Street -- Even Though He Long Advocated Deregulation 2009
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McCain is at heart a Teddy Roosevelt-style trust-buster and regulator.
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President Theodore Roosevelt, portraying himself as a trust-buster, participated in criticism of Rockefeller and Standard Oil, but Tarbell felt the president's sting too.
'Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller' 2008
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The bill was so innocently worded as to disarm the most vigilant and radical trust-buster; it appeared as though its purpose was exactly the reverse of that for which it had been subtly designed; in fact, in an excessive effort to avert suspicion a couple of clauses had found their way into this document which gave Mr. Prior some of the keenest pleasure of his career.
White Ashes Alden Charles Noble
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Nor was there any other satisfactory word for graft when it came in, nor for rowdy, nor for boom, nor for joy-ride, nor for omnibus-bill, nor for slacker, nor for trust-buster.
Chapter 11. American Slang. 1. Its Origin and Nature Henry Louis 1921
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President Theodore Roosevelt, during his 1901-1909 tenure in office, became known as a trust-buster.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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