profiteer
noun
a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
had been profiteering
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past perfect progressiveof profiteer.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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It comes days after Sainsbury's boss Simon Roberts denied that his supermarket had been profiteering.
From BBC ● May 28, 2023
In 2018, Ms Winston Wolkoff was reportedly forced out of the White House, amid allegations that she had been profiteering from President Trump's inauguration.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2020
Many of these projects were government-subsidised, and he was forced to appear before the US Senate in 1954 amid allegations he had been profiteering from the contracts.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2018
