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
Zach Wichter, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Caroline Vaughan and Ella Sewall each scored in the first four minutes of the third quarter, separating Andover in an otherwise cutthroat contest loaded with dangerous threats from both teams.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Schools can either opt into the agreement and begin paying athletes, as both CU and Colorado State University have, or risk falling behind in an industry that grows increasingly more cutthroat with each passing year.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
In a cutthroat industry, new airlines are targeting underserved markets to generate demand for trips that may have previously been taken by another mode of transportation, or not taken at all.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Caroline Vaughan and Ella Sewall each scored in the first four minutes of the third quarter, separating Andover in an otherwise cutthroat contest loaded with dangerous threats from both teams.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
Some aren’t convinced that attempting to climb the ranks on set will pay off at a time when competition is so cutthroat and the future of the business is so wobbly.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Schools can either opt into the agreement and begin paying athletes, as both CU and Colorado State University have, or risk falling behind in an industry that grows increasingly more cutthroat with each passing year.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutthroat
Adjective
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The ruthless conglomerate's logo, base, ships, and equipment are featured throughout the film, in addition to the synths themselves.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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Earlier stories in that newspaper described López Torres as a ruthless trafficker who has killed dozens and was earlier aligned with Colombia’s right-wing paramilitary forces, known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or the Spanish acronym AUC.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The government doesn't like to as a rule, like showcase of assassin artifacts.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Presidential assassins and all this dark stuff.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Still, the idea that Americans came together to help freedom seekers in the face of immoral laws offers hope for America’s truest ideals.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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That suits its otherworldly and somewhat formal tone, which takes viewers deep into Japan’s mythical past for a quartet of eerie tales about lonely ghosts and vengeful spirits who bring supernatural justice to selfish and immoral humans.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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However, this theory was later debunked when Edgar Patino, a married man who had impregnated Touma, was found to be her murderer, according to authorities.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Marissa, who doesn't want to live happily ever after with a kidnapper, liar, and murderer, sure does.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Which makes Shelley Joseph today’s poster gal for the corrupt double standards in the Massachusetts legal system.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Trump is running the most brazenly corrupt administration in modern history.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If confirmed by future research, the approach could provide a powerful new weapon to fight heart disease, the nation's leading killer, freeing people from the need to take statins and other cholesterol-lowering drugs every day.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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And a lot of things about serial killers get amplified in a way that can be dangerous.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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One Bloomberg investigation found that unscrupulous brokers in South Florida had signed up thousands and thousands of people for subsidized exchange plans without their knowledge.—
Sally C. Pipes,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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But what first sounded the Republic’s death knell, before Hitler ever became Chancellor, were unscrupulous politicians hostile to the Republic, who were willing to use political violence to do away with democratic institutions.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the past, that’s opened small businesses to frivolous lawsuits filed by unprincipled lawyers that file massive lawsuits and offer quick settlements.—
Erica Goldstein,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Rule by ‘ambitious, and unprincipled men’ Partisanship is the primary problem for the American republic, according to Washington.—
Robert A. Strong,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Cutthroat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutthroat. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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