monopolist

[ muh-nop-uh-list ]

/ məˈnɒp ə lɪst /

a person who has a monopoly.

an advocate of monopoly.

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First recorded in 1595–1605; monopol(y) + -ist

mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjectivemo·nop·o·lis·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·mo·nop·o·list, noun, adjectivean·ti·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjective

non·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjectivepro·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjectivesem·i·mo·nop·o·lis·tic, adjective

If a monopolist doesn’t hurt consumers by charging higher prices and reducing output, there isn’t any reason to deem its actions illegal.
The Facebook and Google antitrust suits are a warning shot for all corporate giants—not just Big Tech|matthewheimer|December 10, 2020|Fortune
Industrially brewed by large, monopolistic, multinational corporations with marketing programs that may target children.
P.J. O'Rourke: 27 Sensitive, Caring, Green, and Politically Committed Reasons to Ban July 4th|P. J. O’Rourke|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are then needed only to aid a monopolistic power within the industry.
Essentials of Economic Theory|John Bates Clark
Trade agreements, not monopolistic corporations, became its chief quarry.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 6, October, 1908|Various

The whole raison d'être of monopolistic combinations is to control prices, and prevent active competition.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
This aristocratic, monopolistic, un-American concern exists by the authority of an unconstitutional act of Congress.
The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge
The monopolistic control is effected by means of the vendible securities covering the capital engaged.
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays|Thorstein Veblen