profiteer
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According to Ms. Vaill, he revealed his identity to Angelica, by then pregnant with their fourth child, only after he had made a fortune as a Revolutionary War profiteer and settled his debts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
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
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
The housing and levelling up secretary has said the government would go after firms that "cut corners" and "sought to profiteer" from the Grenfell tragedy.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 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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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, Lessons 3–5
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