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Meatpacker

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person or company involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing

    "After breaking up the big meatpackers in the early 1920s, the federal government prevented the industry from consolidating for more than half a century, part of a broader commitment to checking corporate power throughout the economy. […] When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill."

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From meat + packer.

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