cutthroat
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cutthroat
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Synonyms & Antonyms for cutthroat
Synonyms: Noun
assassin, homicide, killer, manslayer, murderer
Synonyms: Adjective
immoral, Machiavellian, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous
Antonyms: Adjective
ethical, moral, principled, scrupulous
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Examples of cutthroat in a Sentence
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while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thievesAdjective
cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of businessRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
But Bronn points out that all of the great houses in Westeros, including House Lannister, were founded by cutthroats. — Carrie Wittmer, Harper's BAZAAR, "Game of Thrones: How Highgarden Made Bronn Hideously Wealthy," 29 May 2019 Feed the trout at the small Durango Fish Hatchery that raises cutthroats, Browns and rainbows as well as kokanee salmon. — Jeanine Barone, The Know, "Ride your bike on these Colorado railroad routes without fear of being run over by a train," 2 July 2019 There’s a lot of bait in 20 to 40 feet, which has triggered the cutthroat into feeding. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Striper action takes off near Colusa and on Feather River | The Sacramento Bee," 23 Apr. 2018 At Crosby’s Lodge, an 11-pound, 12-ounce cutthroat caught by Jim Crayne of Petaluma was checked in. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Striper action takes off near Colusa and on Feather River | The Sacramento Bee," 23 Apr. 2018 Brook trout up to 5 pounds, cutthroats approaching 10 pounds and cutthroat-rainbow hybrids that regularly break double figures on the scale all are possibilities. — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, "Hit the road for your next fishing adventure. You might catch something new. | Idaho Statesman," 7 Mar. 2018 Green River, Utah Walk along the canyon to find the perfect spot to cast in along this Blue Ribbon fishery, where anglers frequently reel in brown and rainbow trout, whitefish, and some cutthroats. — Stephanie Granada, Sunset, "10 Epic Fishing Trips in the West," 22 Jan. 2018 In the last period of real cavalry warfare, Benya enrolls in a cavalry battalion with a crew of cutthroats and Cossacks who encounter the Italians. — New York Times, "Simon Sebag Montefiore: By the Book," 18 Jan. 2018 Below the dam: Cotter Trout Dock reports: light generation; trout good (rainbows and cutthroats) on 1/8 -ounce jigs (white, white/gray or orange/black) and garlic-flavored yellow, sunrise or pink PowerBait. — Bruce Janssen, kansascity, "Fishing report for Oct. 26 | The Kansas City Star," 25 Oct. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
After that accidental wedding death and the ensuing mayhem at the end of last season, Succession has returned and the characters are as cutthroat as ever. — Ew Staff, EW.com, "What to watch this weekend: The ruthless Roys are back on season 2 of HBO's Succession," 9 Aug. 2019 Renata is cutthroat and exacting, but Dern gets below the surface to explore what’s lingering behind her character’s ever-accessible wrath. — Washington Post, "Laura Dern is the best part of ‘Big Little Lies’ right now," 24 June 2019 Renata is cutthroat and exacting, but Dern gets below the surface to explore what’s lingering behind her character’s ever-accessible wrath. — Bethonie Butler, chicagotribune.com, "Laura Dern is the best part of ‘Big Little Lies’ right now," 24 June 2019 Uber and Lyft reported quarterly financial results this week and indicated that their cutthroat competition to woo riders with coupons and other gambits is easing. — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, "Uber and Lyft Suggest the Days of Cheap Rides Could Be Over," 8 Aug. 2019 Then came the chargers, or the freelance contractors who work in the cutthroat industry of charging scooters with low batteries. — Amy Martyn, The Verge, "They said you could leave electric scooters anywhere — then the repo men struck back," 24 July 2019 Kroger is attempting to transform itself to compete in a cutthroat grocery industry that’s being turned on its head by Amazon. — Fortune, "Kroger," 1 July 2019 Corporate satire may not be the most prominent of genres, but there have plenty of plays and movies over the years about people dealing with horrible bosses or struggling to succeed in hostile work environments and cutthroat industries. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: Corporate satire by Carey Perloff hits most of its marks at SF Playhouse," 21 June 2019 The majors are all busy tying up their operations—Ford and VW, Honda and GM—to capture economies of scale and lower the operating cost in a cutthroat business. — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, "Tesla’s losses are piling up despite record sales," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cutthroat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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