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profiteer

[ prof-i-teer ]

noun

  1. a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.


verb (used without object)

  1. to act as a profiteer.

profiteer

/ 藢辫谤蓲蹿瑟藞迟瑟蓹 /

noun

  1. a person who makes excessive profits, esp by charging exorbitant prices for goods in short supply
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to make excessive profits
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢辫谤辞蹿颈藞迟别别谤颈苍驳, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍顎卼颈路辫谤辞蹿顎卛路迟别别谤顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卲谤辞蹿路颈迟路别别谤顎僫苍驳 noun
  • 耻苍顎卲谤辞蹿路颈迟路别别谤顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of profiteer1

First recorded in 1910鈥15; profit + -eer
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He said there were "a huge amount of people" who were "profiteering" - but that in those cases, investors were at least getting a product.

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鈥淏oth state and city officials need to take action to ensure that this crisis isn鈥檛 multiplied by profiteers.鈥

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Attorneys for a U.S Navy veteran said Tuesday that their client鈥檚 reputation and earning power were destroyed by a 2021 CNN report on war profiteers following the U.S. military鈥檚 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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The government will set out legislation in Parliament on Monday that will require major care home providers to share their finances with the government, so it can challenge what it describes as profiteering.

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