trustbuster
(also trust-buster, trust buster) /ˈtrʌstˌbʌstər/ noun [C] informal LAW, FINANCEDefinition
› a person or organization that works to prevent illegal arrangements between companies: He was hired as a federal trustbuster by the Justice Department.
trustbusting (also trust-busting) noun [U] › The extent to which consumers have benefitted from trustbusting is hard to prove. Several companies were targetted in the government's latest trust-busting exercise. (Definition of trustbuster noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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