profiteer

Example Sentences

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According to Ms. Vaill, he revealed his identity to Angelica, by then pregnant with their fourth child, only after he had made a fortune as a Revolutionary War profiteer and settled his debts.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in March the Unite union accused some supermarkets of "fuelling inflation by excessive profiteering".

From BBC

Nationalist Chinese commentators often accuse American arms dealers of profiteering from the war in Ukraine.

From Washington Post

But market forces, turbocharged by profiteering, turned that ambitious effort into a source of political division and economic distress in Europe’s formerly Communist eastern lands.

From New York Times

As Mr. Biden sees it, the meat industry is dominated by four global companies that are abusing their market power by profiteering off the pandemic.

From Washington Times