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profiteering

[pro-fi-teer-ing] / ˌprɒ fɪˈtɪər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
corrupt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crooked fraudulent nefarious rotten shady unethical unscrupulous untrustworthy venal
STRONG
base bent debauched exploiting fixed foul open padded reprobate suborned tainted
WEAK
bribable double-dealing extortionate faithless fast and loose gone to the dogs inconstant iniquitous knavish mercenary on the take perfidious praetorian racket up snide treacherous two-faced underhanded unfaithful unprincipled wide open
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ethical good honest honorable moral respectable trustworthy
STRONG
clean pure
WEAK
decent helpful high kind noble principled purified sound truthful uncorrupt upright wholesome
NOUN
corruption
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bribery crime exploitation extortion fraud graft malfeasance nepotism
STRONG
crookedness demoralization jobbery misrepresentation payoff payola racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze unscrupulousness venality
WEAK
breach of trust bribing fiddling fraudulency on the take shady deal
Antonyms
WEAK
cleanliness cleanness decency goodness honesty honor kindness pureness purification purity sterility truthfulness wholesomeness
NOUN
exploitation
Synonyms
STRONG
bleeding using
NOUN
villainousness
Synonyms
STRONG
bestiality bribery crime crookedness demoralization depravity exploitation extortion fraud graft immorality jobbery malfeasance misrepresentation nepotism payoff payola perversion racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze turpitude unscrupulousness venality vice villainy wickedness
WEAK
breach of trust bribing fiddling flagitiousness fraudulency on the take shady deal
Antonyms
STRONG
justice virtue

Example Sentences

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Allegations of profiteering have accompanied it from the start.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"I don't want to tar every business with the same brush by any means, but there is some 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

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband told the BBC on Friday the government would "not tolerate" profiteering from the conflict.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

My profiteering shopkeepers will be useless for this task.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.