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profiteering

[pro-fi-teer-ing] / ˌprɒ fɪˈtɪər ɪŋ /




NOUN
exploitation
Synonyms


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We can halt low-wage worker abuses and evasions, raise the minimum wage, crack down on landlord profiteering, rebuild the labor movement and redistribute government assistance.

From Washington Post

Sugar became so integral to European profiteering that it started being produced on a global scale.

From Salon

In one article published in China's Global Times, the US is accused of profiteering from selling weapons to Ukraine.

From BBC

For instance, when he spoke Tuesday about banning Russian oil imports, he preemptively berated the petroleum industry for any attempt at “excessive price increases” and “profiteering or price gouging.”

From Washington Post

He also warned against profiteering in a time of war.

From Reuters