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SKW's CEO Carsten Franzke says that the company is not a "war profiteer" and will probably just break even once soaring energy costs are also taken into account.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

They also would risk casting Saudi Arabia in the role of profiteer in a war it didn’t start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Questioning of Mr Davidson grew hostile, as the defence tried to paint him as a sleazy Hollywood profiteer.

From BBC ● May 2, 2024

And that brings us to a linchpin of Kennedy’s efforts to change Cadiz’s image from water profiteer to responsible steward of a precious, and increasingly scarce, natural resource.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Oskar Schindler has been called many names: scoundrel, womanizer, war profiteer, drunk.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

At the same time, small fly-by-night schools have been opened by profiteers and people with problematic pasts or no educational experience.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

Exchanges and index providers, the profiteers of trading volume, will cash in by quickly listing the stocks.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Next step for the profiteers of the “Michael” movie is its no doubt inevitable sequel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

After eventually returning to his post, Mr Bongo embarked on an image revamp, putting himself forward as a man of rigour bent on rooting out "traitors" and "profiteers" in his inner circle.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2023

One senator denounced the various “illegal plots, counterplots, espionage, decoys, dictographs” that were being used not to “detect and prosecute crime but...to shield profiteers, bribe takers and favorites.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Some supermarket bosses believe theft has been legitimized in the minds of some by accusations that supermarkets have profiteered from food price increases.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

There had been a significant financial cost to replace the stolen items while colleagues felt "let down" as Todhunter had "profiteered" while they struggled with a lack of PPE equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021

But he has benefited and profited and profiteered from all of it, each and every day, to the point that he now finds himself in the unique position of being in charge of it now.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2020

Instead, the scariest thing about this “Nether” is James Weidman’s thoroughly convincing performance as the defender of a cyberworld he’s built, and profiteered from, that is triggering unexpected meatspace consequences.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2018

Spruce was a war necessity and the lumber trust profiteered unmercifully on the government.

From The Centralia Conspiracy by Ralph Chaplin

Company leaders were wary, worried about safety, failure and accusations of profiteering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The spokesman hit back at claims tickets are overpriced, adding that some have been sold for as little as $60, while more expensive tickets have been priced to prevent profiteering on resale markets.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

"We are reasonably responsible but the ones who are not responsible, the ones who are profiteering off it, are the airports," he told the daily.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

This is not the first time that Gilead has been accused of profiteering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

“Are you silently condemning me for profiteering from the war? Somebody had to import the stockfish, you know.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie