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n. One who makes excessive profits on goods in short supply.

verb-intransitive. To make excessive profits on goods in short supply.

n. One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

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

n. someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)

v. make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

"The idea being that the profiteer is the worst citizen under the sun."

profiteered    profiteering    profiteers   

capitalist    profit    benefit    gain   

profiteering    profit monger   

Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   

money-maker    industrialist    hedgers    survivalist    skilfulness    schemer    tycoon    usurer    run-through    north-northeast