robber barons

this was when robber barons started to collect unauthorised taxes on the gorge.

就是在那个时候，强盗贵族开始对峡谷收取未经授权的税款。

the monopolistic excesses of the robber barons led to antitrust laws.

强盗式贵族的垄断行径导致反托拉斯法的产生。

some senior government leaders were robber barons before they donned state robes.

一些高级领导人在穿上公务正装前甚至是臭名昭著的强盗大亨。

the wealthiest robber barons of the last century, the emperors on this planet, could have never dreamed of such luxuries.

上世纪最富有的强盗大亨，这个星球上的帝王们，永远都想象不到这样的奢侈生活。

Privatisation meant a field day for robber barons.

私有化意味着是强盗资本家的户外集训。

The robber barons battened on the poor.

那些横行的贵族靠欺负穷人养肥了自己.

our sympathies now lie with the besieging militias, not the robber barons.

现在，我们同情的是围攻的民兵，而不是强盗贵族。

these were the robber barons of their time, and, unlike standard oil, encouraged to be so by their governments.

他们是那个时代的敛财大亨，而且不像美孚石油那样是由政府推动的。