profiteer

Example Sentences

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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

“People who are trying to profiteer off whatever crazed hype there is around this NFT space really need to be careful,” McMahon said.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2022

Meanwhile, Philadelphia abruptly cut off a vaccine clinic operator amid concerns that it had sought to profiteer from the work.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2021

Businesses are not allowed to profiteer from the pandemic, meaning they cannot just hike up their prices.

From BBC • May 29, 2020

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

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