5 adjectives to describe middlemen

Almost as pathetic as seeing six fat middlemen making six fat profits before the stuff reaches the consumer.

The paralysing land-tax, collected in kind by irresponsible middlemen, was an inheritance from the Romaic Empire, and though it was now reinforced by the special capitation-tax levied by the sultan on his Christian subjects, the greater efficiency and security of his government probably compensated for the additional charge.

" Secondly, much of the worst "sweating" is found where the element of sub-contract is entirely wanting, and where there is no trace of a ravenous middleman.

Other clothing trades have passed through the same process of development, and have produced a sub-contracting middleman.

Hence arises the popular cry against the wicked middleman who stands between producer and consumer, and takes the bulk of the profit.

5 adjectives to describe  middlemen