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profiteer::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | capitalist |
| Derivation | profit |
Examples of profiteer
profiteer
Now I'm a deficit profiteer for the military indutrial complex and a hypocrit.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
Lee Myung Bak is a ruthless profiteer who has no concern for the environment.
From the time.com
Did he wake up one morning and decide to profiteer from other people's shame?
From the guardian.co.uk
Maybe your problem is that you don't see how profits benefit anyone but the profiteer.
From the economist.com
For many he would always be a traitor and a terrorist as well as an amoral profiteer.
From the economist.com
A profiteer frames a boy and his father for stealing gold on Indian land.
From the post-gazette.com
We suspect the global warming profiteer Gore is worth substantially more.
From the ocregister.com
It is tough for holders of credit-default swaps to profiteer on defaults.
From the nytimes.com
She is also genuinely sweet on Sweeney, though a merciless profiteer.
From the independent.co.uk
- Make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
- Someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
- (Profiteering (business)) Profiteering is a pejorative term for the act of making a profit by methods considered unethical.
