profiteering
Example Sentences
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The government has said it is primed to step in if there are signs petrol sellers are profiteering from the crisis - something the Petrol Retailers Association has denied is the case.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Allegations of profiteering have accompanied it from the start.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
And for good measure, there's already been a very public tiff with the industry, after ministers started talking about price gouging and profiteering.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The New Yorker has estimated the family’s total profiteering to be worth around $4 billion, with the lion’s share coming from the Gulf monarchies.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
