Profiteer
[prɒfɪ'tɪə] or [,prɑfə'tɪə]
Definition
(noun.) someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply).
(verb.) make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods.
Typist: Naomi--From WordNet
Examples
- He was a typical man of the new Equestrian type, the social equivalent of a modern munition profiteer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Call them pro-Germans, international financiers, or profiteers, and they will give you any ransom you choose to ask not to speak of them so harshly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The profiteers are a consequence and not a cause of rising prices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were harsh laws against profiteering in France in 1793--England in 1919 found it necessary to make quite similar laws. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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