Profiteer

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  • noun. One who makes excessive profits on goods in short supply.
  • intransitive verb. To make excessive profits on goods in short supply.
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  • noun. One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.
  • verb. To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.
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  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "The idea being that the profiteer is the worst citizen under the sun."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    benefit  capitalist  gain  profit  
    Rhyme
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    Bombardier  Chevalier  Clear  Deere  Fear  
    Same Context
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    Synonym
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    verb-form