profiteer

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Noun profiteer has 1 sense

profiteer - someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
--₁ is a kind of capitalist

Derived form: verb profiteer₁

Verb profiteer has 1 sense

profiteer - make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
--₁ is one way to profit, gain, benefit

Derived form: noun profiteer₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

profit margin profit sharing profit taker profitability profitable profitableness profitably profited profiteer profiteering profiteers profitera profitible profitilibity profiting profitless profitlessly

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