Meaning of trustbuster | Babel Free

Definitions

A person or entity responsible for breaking up trusts or monopolies.

US

Examples

“America’s top trustbusters mean⟳ to make⟳ their policing presence felt. Lawyers, bankers and financiers now “recognise⟳ that there are cops on the beat⟳…that we’re vigorously looking to protect⟳ the American public from illegal mergers,” says Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade⟳ Commission (FTC), which enforces consumer-protection and competition laws.”

“Britain’s chief trustbuster is sitting in a meeting room at the CMA’s head office after a whirlwind morning of broadcast⟳ interviews about its latest intervention, this time in the market for baby milk formula.”

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