profiteer

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Noun

profiteer (plural profiteers)

1. (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent seeker.

Related terms

• profiteering
• profit monger

Translations

• French: profiteur, profiteuse
• German: Profitmacher, Profiteur
• Italian: profittatore
• Russian: спекуля́нт

Verb

profiteer (profiteers, present participle profiteering; past and past participle profiteered)

1. To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

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