as in ruthless
not guided by or showing a concern for what is right
cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business
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as in assassin
a person who kills another person
while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves
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Recent Examples of cutthroat
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
The movie charts the rise of Trump’s business career and centers on the former president’s relationship with cutthroat New York City prosecutor Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong).
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
As the studio panics and Daniel’s former lover Anita (Aya Cash) becomes the film’s cutthroat producer, just organizing the daily shoot looks like child’s play compared to managing everyone’s fears and egos — including problem-solver Daniel’s own.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Maybe from the very beginning, the game was too cutthroat, too tawdry, too violent.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
The movie charts the rise of Trump’s business career and centers on the former president’s relationship with cutthroat New York City prosecutor Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong).
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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In a detailed report from The Athletic in April, former Colorado players spoke on the record of the cutthroat nature of Sanders’ roster rebuild after inheriting a 1-11 team in 2022.
—Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
As the studio panics and Daniel’s former lover Anita (Aya Cash) becomes the film’s cutthroat producer, just organizing the daily shoot looks like child’s play compared to managing everyone’s fears and egos — including problem-solver Daniel’s own.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Their life is interrupted by the arrival of a group of pale, ghostly white lions, an outsider tribe of scavengers led by the ruthless Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen), looking to occupy and control this land.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Storks Are Fascinating Beyond Their Brood Reducing Ways Despite their ruthless parenting, storks are fascinating creatures with other interesting traits.Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Many others have expressed condemnation and voiced disgust with those showing support for the alleged assassin.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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There was little chance The Day of the Jackal, Peacock and Sky’s remake of Fred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 thriller, was going to do its titular assassin dirty in the end, especially since it was already announced the hit series (now a Golden Globe nominee!) would be getting a second season.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Regulated sportsbooks find gambling on minors immoral in some respects, but you guys don’t.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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In a 2022 Pew Research Center study, growing numbers of Americans said members of the other party are dishonest, immoral and closed-minded.Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Read more The killer was masked before, during and after the killing and facial recognition software failed to identify the murderer because there was only a partial view of his face.Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Not Arresting Trump | Opinion Instead of fostering violence or corrupt attempts at compromising the certification of election results, the post-election antics of the Republican party in North Carolina were quite peaceful.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Emmy winner and Oscar nominee was among three dozen wealthy parents across the country who paid a corrupt college consultant tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their children fraudulently admitted to top schools by inflating test scores or fabricating athletic accomplishments.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
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The unknown killer becomes a twisted sensation on social media.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Two serial killer cases at the same time in the same city; one a lone predator and the other with two suspects arrested and possible third investigated.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Biden-era regulation, issued in April, aims to rein in conflicts of interest that may taint investment recommendations from unscrupulous advisors, brokers or insurance agents.Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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This macabre task led me to some of the internet's most unscrupulous corners, and required me to expend vast resources—both human and monetary—to source and acquire the means of execution.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Objective voters who watched the recent documentary about Lev Parnas, once a Trump ally, should fear a redux of a Cabinet running the government for an angry, unhinged, unprincipled man.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
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All of this coincided with a period of unprincipled practices in the media.Meg Walters, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Cutthroat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutthroat. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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