profiteer

Example Sentences

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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

“People who are trying to profiteer off whatever crazed hype there is around this NFT space really need to be careful,” McMahon said.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

The housing and levelling up secretary has said the government would go after firms that "cut corners" and "sought to profiteer" from the Grenfell tragedy.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2022

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

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