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The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
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Profiteering — may relate to:* Profiteering (business) (peace time) * War profiteering * Propheteering, a neologism combining prophet with profiteering … Wikipedia
profiteering — index exploitation, graft, mercenary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
profiteering — profiteer prof‧i‧teer [ˌprɒfˈtɪə ǁ ˌprɑːfˈtɪr] noun [countable] disapproving FINANCE a person or organization that makes unfairly large profits, for example by selling things that are hard to get at very high prices: • A handful of profiteers… … Financial and business terms
profiteering — [[t]prɒ̱fɪtɪ͟ərɪŋ[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Profiteering involves making large profits by charging high prices for goods that are hard to get. There s been a wave of profiteering and corruption. Syn: racketeering … English dictionary
Profiteering (business) — Profiteering is a pejorative term for the act of making a profit by methods considered unethical. Business owners may be accused of profiteering when they raise prices during an emergency (especially a war). The term is also applied to businesses … Wikipedia
profiteering — prof|it|eer|ing [ˌprɔfıˈtıərıŋ US ˌpra:fıˈtır ] n [U] the process of making unfairly large profits, especially by selling things that are very difficult to get at very high prices >profiteer n ▪ black market profiteers >profiteer v [I] … Dictionary of contemporary English
profiteering — prof·it·eer || prÉ‘fɪ tɪr / prÉ’fɪ tɪə n. speculator, one who buys goods at market value and resells them at a higher price; one who charges exorbitant prices v. overcharge, demand exorbitant prices; raise rates, raise prices … English contemporary dictionary
profiteering — noun make an excessive or unfair profit. → profiteer … English new terms dictionary
profiteering — See: profiteer … English dictionary
profiteering — [ˌprɒfɪˈtɪərɪŋ] noun [U] the behaviour of companies that make large profits by charging people unfairly high prices … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
