profiteering
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7.0
- noun
- /ˌprɒfɪˈtɪrɪŋ/
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especulación
- Consumer advocates raised concerns about profiteering when prices soared following the announcement of the emergency state.
- systematic profiteering
- protests against profiteering
- war profiteering
Yeah, massive profiteering, but that's the way the world's gone.
- Yeah, massive profiteering, but that's the way the world's gone.
- I just, I don't like profiteering in war.
- That on the one hand, yes, the, there is war profiteering.
- But this is business profiteering off the misery of children, broken families, suicidal dads.
Examples
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War costs will expose more profiteering and more revolving-door abuse in the coming months.
Blog text (17) -
At the time, profiteering by both farmers and shopkeepers was widely blamed for the rise.
Academic text (1996) -
And a lot of people would also call that war profiteering.
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If our economy were to succeed, we could not allow such profiteering to exist.
Fiction book (2002) -
Dozens of major US companies got busted back then for war profiteering.
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Periodic revolts against the regime provided the army with ample opportunities for profiteering.
Academic text (2003) -
Talk of privatizing/profiteering from Medicare or social security is highly corrupt and crazy talk.
Blog text (28) -
Exposes of the profiteering and abuses of patients (financially and medically) under Medicare, Medicaid, and Workers' Compensation abound.
Academic text (1993) -
During the crisis, many companies were accused of profiteering at the expense of struggling families.
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The government implemented regulations to prevent profiteering during natural disasters, ensuring fair prices for essential goods.
Synonyms
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9.5
To try to get money or benefits without creating new value by using power to change rules
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7.4
The act of trying to get as much money as possible, often dishonestly
How Exploitative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Profiteering comes from profit 'money you gain' and the ending -eer 'someone who does something', as in auctioneer. So profiteering means the act of getting extra, often unfair money by taking advantage of a crisis.