profiteer
noun
a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
profiteers
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present tense formof profiteer (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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At the same time, small fly-by-night schools have been opened by profiteers and people with problematic pasts or no educational experience.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Exchanges and index providers, the profiteers of trading volume, will cash in by quickly listing the stocks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Next step for the profiteers of the “Michael” movie is its no doubt inevitable sequel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
The contractor, Zachary Young, was included in a November 2021 segment on war profiteers charging high prices to assist people in fleeing Afghanistan after the U.S. exited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
One senator denounced the various “illegal plots, counterplots, espionage, decoys, dictographs” that were being used not to “detect and prosecute crime but...to shield profiteers, bribe takers and favorites.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
