profiteer
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun [edit]
profiteer (plural profiteers)
- (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.
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Translations [edit]
one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
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Verb [edit]
profiteer (third-person singular simple present profiteers, present participle profiteering, simple past and past participle profiteered)
- To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.