cut·throat
ˈkət-ˌthrōt 
Examples of cutthroat in a Sentence
Noun
while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves
Adjective
cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business
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Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Sinister is the word for Breaux’s Brenner, a character that melds the mad scientist with the cutthroat bureaucrat, sprinkled with a touch of the child-groomer.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Unlike the apparently cutthroat world of horror movie poster collecting, Hammett has found a certain code of honor among guitar-seekers over the years he’s spent assembling the collection spotlighted in his new book.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The young painter, a hotheaded arrival from Milan looking for a break in Rome’s cutthroat art world, set out to stupefy.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Sinister is the word for Breaux’s Brenner, a character that melds the mad scientist with the cutthroat bureaucrat, sprinkled with a touch of the child-groomer.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The sybaritic highwayman Macheath maneuvers between a cutthroat capitalist milieu (Mr. and Mrs. Peachum) and a corrupt police force (led by Tiger Brown) while seducing daughters from both worlds (Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown).
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Unlike the apparently cutthroat world of horror movie poster collecting, Hammett has found a certain code of honor among guitar-seekers over the years he’s spent assembling the collection spotlighted in his new book.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Cutthroat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutthroat. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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cutthroat
1 of 2 noun
cut·throat
ˈkət-ˌthrōt
1
: a person likely to cut someone's throat
2
: a cruel person with no scruples
cutthroat
2 of 2 adjective
: ruthless
cutthroat competition
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