profiteer
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- noun
- /ˌprɒfɪˈtɪr/
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especulador
- During the crisis, many profiteers exploited the situation to sell basic goods at inflated prices.
- war profiteer
- warlords and profiteers
He said, don't be a profiteer in the culture war.
- He said, don't be a profiteer in the culture war.
- I heard you've all know Harare say don't be a profiteer in the culture war.
Examples
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Washington is a transparent criminal conspiracy of tax looters, bag men, and war profiteers.
Blog text (12) -
Certainly, the bombmakers and war profiteers have gained from a decade of war.
Blog text (2) -
Look, do you wanna go down in history as a war profiteer, Howard?
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You need to drive out the water profiteers by any means necessary.
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All the more so when war profiteers are so powerful.
Blog text (4) -
Profiteers are getting fat contracts.
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The right incentives may encourage profiteers to invest in legitimate business.
Academic text (2004) -
You have set yourselves up against the most organized, millionaire-supported, experienced bunch of profiteers the world has ever seen.
Blog text (17) -
It is governed by profiteers... who think more of their pockets than their principles.
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Governments wish only to protect a system that lines the pockets of corrupt politicians and multinational profiteers.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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A person who gains from other people's problems by taking advantage of them
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A person who uses others selfishly to get money or power
A person who only cares about making money
How Exploitative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Profiteer comes from the word profit, which means 'gain' or 'advantage', plus the ending -eer that turns a word into a person name (as in engineer or volunteer). So a profiteer is a person who seeks large gains, often unfairly by taking advantage of a crisis.