captive market
Britishnoun
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They said they view the situation as an example of captive market exploitation and economic coercion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
They have a captive market and they don't want to share it.
From BBC ● May 5, 2022
And then the second part of it, in terms of what the food provides—in some instances, they had a captive market, or a market that understood the food experience as more practical than an indulgence.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2020
The company, Consupago, offers loans that are among the most expensive in Mexico to a captive market of government employees.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
Libraries were a captive market, and journals had improbably installed themselves as the gatekeepers of scientific prestige – meaning that scientists couldn’t simply abandon them if a new method of sharing results came along.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2017
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