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
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
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
Often, he now ends favorable reviews with a plea to “bossman,” which can mean the owner or the person at the cash register, to resist the urge to profiteer.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022
Oskar Schindler has been called many names: scoundrel, womanizer, war profiteer, drunk.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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