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Profiteer   /prˌɑfətˈɪr/   Listen
Profiteer

noun
1.
Someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply).





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"Profiteer" Quotes from Famous Books



... new luxury has broken out. The capitalist rides in his ten thousand dollar motor car. The seven-dollar-a-day artisan plays merrily on his gramophone in the broad daylight of his afternoon that is saved, like all else, by being "borrowed" from the morning. He calls the capitalist a "profiteer." The capitalist retorts with calling him ...
— The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice • Stephen Leacock


Words linked to "Profiteer" :   capitalist, gain, profit, benefit


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