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trustbuster
trust·bust·er T0392400 (trŭst′bŭs′tər)n. One that seeks to prosecute or dissolve business trusts.
trust′bust′ing adj. & n.trustbuster (ˈtrʌstˌbʌstə) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) informal US a person who seeks the dissolution of corporate trusts, esp a federal official who prosecutes trusts under the antitrust laws ˈtrustˌbusting ntrust•bust•er (ˈtrʌstˌbʌs tər)
n. a federal official who seeks to dissolve business trusts, esp. through vigorous application of antitrust regulations. [1900–05, Amer.] trust′bust`ing, n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  trustbuster - a federal agent who engages in trust bustingfederal agent, agent - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau |
Trustbuster
TrustbusterA person or, less commonly, an organization that seeks to break monopolies into several companies or to shut them down entirely in order to encourage competition in the free market. The word is strongly associated with Theodore Roosevelt, the early 20th-century U.S. president who opposed the early industrial monopolies.trustbuster
Related to trustbuster: Sherman Antitrust ActWords related to trustbusternoun a federal agent who engages in trust bustingRelated Words |