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单词 rum baron
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rum baron
rum baron n. a person who controls an organization trading in illegal liquor, esp. one who heads an extensive network involved in production, trafficking, and supplying.
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society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > wealthy > in specific trade
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1887 Official Jrnl. Minutes 51st Session N. Jersey Ann. Conf. Methodist Episcopal Church 16 Politico-moral questions like this must be kept before the people by our preachers, or our government will soon be entirely in the hands of the rum barons.
1923 Westm. Gaz. 4 Apr. 8/5 Reminiscences are inevitable in any gathering of rum barons.
1975 H. White Raincoast Chron. (1976) 12/1 A few ‘rum barons’ could be apprehended in the United States.
2003 A. Valdes-Rodriguez Dirty Girls Social Club 30 Her family—former Cuban rum barons—gave her a clothing allowance greater than my dad's yearly professor's income.
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