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profiteer definition

profit·eer (präf′i tir′)

noun

a person who makes excessive profits, esp. by taking advantage of a shortage of supply to charge exorbitant prices

Etymology: profit + -eer

intransitive verb

to be a profiteer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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