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antitrust
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In 1947, GM and a number of its allies in the scheme were indicted on federal antitrust charges.†
p. 16.8 *

antitrust = related to laws intended to promote free competition in the market place
The Sherman Antitrust Act had been passed in 1890 after a congressional investigation of price fixing in the meatpacking industry, and for the next two decades the federal government tried to break up the Beef Trust, with little success.†
p. 137.3
Afraid that an antitrust trial might end with an unfavorable verdict, the five meatpacking companies signed a consent decree in 1920 that forced them to sell off their stockyards, retail meat stores, railway interests, and livestock journals.†
p. 137.6
A decade later, the Reagan administration allowed these firms to merge and combine without fear of antitrust enforcement.†
p. 137.9
On the contrary, it opposed using antitrust laws to stop the giant meatpackers.†
p. 158.6
One of his grandfathers headed a Texas cattleman's association during the early 1900s and led the fight against the Beef Trust, testifying before Congress and calling for strict enforcement of the antitrust laws.†
p. 255.8
The antitrust laws outlawing such behavior need to be vigorously enforced.†
p. 266.6
More than a century ago, during the congressional debate on the Sherman Antitrust Act, Henry M. Teller, a Republican senator from Colorado, dismissed the argument that lower consumer prices justified the ruthless exercise of monopoly power.†
p. 266.7

Definitions:

(1) (antitrust)
related to laws intended to promote free competition in the market place

When antitrust laws were originally enacted, companies that colluded to the disadvantage of consumers were called "trusts" -- hence the name "antitrust" (since "anti" is a prefix meaning "against").
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)