profiteer
noun
verb (used without object)
Origin of profiteer
Related Words for profiteering
unscrupulous, crooked, shady, rotten, fraudulent, nefarious, venal, unethical, untrustworthy, fraud, nepotism, crime, exploitation, malfeasance, extortion, graft, bribery, debauched, reprobate, bentExamples from the Web for profiteering
Contemporary Examples of profiteering
The next thing I expect is some sort of profiteering off this.
One could almost forget the illegality, the profiteering, the recklessness, and the endless casualties.
To be profiteering by capitalizing on visits with a young woman in prison seems inappropriate for a member of parliament.
Art collectors were spivvy and profiteering even during the Renaissance.
Historical Examples of profiteering
These decreases have come out of the elimination of speculation and profiteering.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
Such changes do not come under the category of profiteering.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
There are three kinds of speculation and profiteering in the food trades.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
I should hope to tell you; he is a butcher who has been arrested three times for profiteering.
Jokes For All OccasionsAnonymous
This business of profiteering by the natives is no new phase of life in the Congo.
An African AdventureIsaac F. Marcosson