profiteer
noun
a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
are profiteering
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present progressiveof profiteer.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Gemma said many customers wrongly assume garages are profiteering.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
"We are reasonably responsible but the ones who are not responsible, the ones who are profiteering off it, are the airports," he told the daily.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
The government has said it is primed to step in if there are signs petrol sellers are profiteering from the crisis - something the Petrol Retailers Association has denied is the case.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Those who are profiteering from sensationalistic accounts of this tragedy should stop manipulating the truth to finger Arthur Sackler as the scapegoat.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2021
"Commanders on both sides are profiteering from this conflict. Both the anti-balaka militia and Seleka are involved in gold and diamonds," Kasper Agger, field researcher for the Enough Project, a Washington-based think-tank.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2014
