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SKW's CEO Carsten Franzke says that the company is not a "war profiteer" and will probably just break even once soaring energy costs are also taken into account.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

They also would risk casting Saudi Arabia in the role of profiteer in a war it didn’t start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

And that brings us to a linchpin of Kennedy’s efforts to change Cadiz’s image from water profiteer to responsible steward of a precious, and increasingly scarce, natural resource.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Meanwhile, Philadelphia abruptly cut off a vaccine clinic operator amid concerns that it had sought to profiteer from the work.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2021

Oskar Schindler has been called many names: scoundrel, womanizer, war profiteer, drunk.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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

Love said we need to reclaim the importance of science, which “requires a systemic mindset shift that won’t happen until the misinformation spread by wellness profiteers is clamped down on.”

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2025

Amid the uproar, L.A.’s Department of Recreation and Parks introduced a pilot program to curb the profiteers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

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

Some supermarket bosses believe theft has been legitimized in the minds of some by accusations that supermarkets have profiteered from food price increases.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

There had been a significant financial cost to replace the stolen items while colleagues felt "let down" as Todhunter had "profiteered" while they struggled with a lack of PPE equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021

But he has benefited and profited and profiteered from all of it, each and every day, to the point that he now finds himself in the unique position of being in charge of it now.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2020

Instead, the scariest thing about this “Nether” is James Weidman’s thoroughly convincing performance as the defender of a cyberworld he’s built, and profiteered from, that is triggering unexpected meatspace consequences.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2018

Finally, during the Crusades, the Italian cities had become the point of embarkation for the Crusaders and had profiteered to an almost unbelievable extent.

From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Company leaders were wary, worried about safety, failure and accusations of profiteering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

"It's always somebody else's fault: it's either the local authorities' fault or the scandalous profiteering residential sector; nobody will seem to accept responsibility", he says.

From BBC ● May 20, 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

This is not the first time that Gilead has been accused of profiteering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

“Are you silently condemning me for profiteering from the war? Somebody had to import the stockfish, you know.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie