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

She said it was looking at regulation to prevent profiteering and to reduce EU tariffs.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

People appear to have been profiteering on the prediction-market website Polymarket as well, beginning with Trump’s military operation in Venezuela.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Allegations of profiteering have accompanied it from the start.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 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