This merciless man of money, this ogre of monopolistic corporations, this human juggernaut had crushed her father merely because by his honesty he interfered with his shady business deals!
"The Lion and the Mouse A Story of an American Life"
Charles Klein
The monopolistic venture failed.
"The French in the Heart of America"
John Finley
The holder of such a monopoly-a very common device at the time-was entitled to collect the customs and to hope that what he collected, plus the advantage of a monopolistic control of the market, might enable him to clear a profit on the transaction.
"The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624"
Wesley Frank Craven