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View synonyms for profiteer

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

/ ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a person who makes excessive profits, esp by charging exorbitant prices for goods in short supply


verb

  1. intr to make excessive profits

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Derived Forms

  • ˌprofiˈteering, noun

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Other Words From

  • anti·profi·teering adjective
  • nonprof·it·eering noun
  • unprof·it·eering adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of profiteer1

First recorded in 1910–15; profit + -eer

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Example Sentences

In their eyes, Rove is more Wizard of Oz than Architect, more profiteer than player.

Had he kept the money he will earn from his memoirs, he would surely have been condemned as some kind of war profiteer.

The law of supply and demand, as applied to eggs, together with the local brand of profiteer, was the cause.

The speculation and graft were colossal, and beyond the most extravagant dreams of the British brand of war profiteer.

It is not my purpose to dwell upon those disgraceful landlords who profiteer.

I nearly asked if he was a little dog-fish—this being the Italian for profiteer, but refrained in time.

In the selfishness of the "profiteer," as we now call him, Punch sees a sure provocative of Communism.

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