profiteer
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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
Questioning of Mr Davidson grew hostile, as the defence tried to paint him as a sleazy Hollywood profiteer.
From BBC • May 2, 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
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
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, Lessons 3–5
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