profiteer
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Verb
profiteered, past tense; profiteers, 3rd person singular present; profiteering, present participle; profiteered, past participle;
/ˌpräfəˈti(ə)r/,
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profiteered, past tense; profiteers, 3rd person singular present; profiteering, present participle; profiteered, past participle;
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Make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, esp. illegally or in a black market
- - the profiteering of tabloid journalists
Noun
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A person who profiteers
- - a war profiteer
Web Definitions:
- make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
- someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
- (Profiteering (business)) Profiteering is a pejorative term for the act of making a profit by methods considered unethical.