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PROFITEER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("profiteer" is a kind of...):

capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))

Derivation:

profit (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))

profiteer (make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "profiteer" is one way to...):

benefit; gain; profit (derive a benefit from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

profiteer (someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply))

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