are profiteering
- present progressive of profiteer.
Example Sentences
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"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
Some NHS GPs and secondary care consultants have told the BBC that private clinics are profiteering by selling TRT as a quick fix to a complicated problem.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Supermarkets deny they are profiteering from high prices and claim their profits are being squeezed.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
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
