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

New York tends to be a big purchaser and profiteer of these mills, and we are trying to cut off the demand at a retail level,” said Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2022

Mr Brown said organisers were "naturally disappointed" that some had "decided to try to profiteer" from Liverpool's staging of the event.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2022

“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

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

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