profiteer
Example Sentences
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Allegations of profiteering have accompanied it from the start.
From Barron's
The watchdog is currently gathering evidence on whether fuel providers are profiteering, and it will be some time before it comes to a conclusion.
From BBC
A spokesman told the Financial Times that it did not "tolerate any administration official illegally profiteering off of insider knowledge".
From BBC
They also would risk casting Saudi Arabia in the role of profiteer in a war it didn’t start.
The New Yorker has estimated the family’s total profiteering to be worth around $4 billion, with the lion’s share coming from the Gulf monarchies.
From Salon
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