Synonyms for "profiteer" (33 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

blackmailerbleedbleed whitebloodsuckerclipexploitexploiter

Strong matches (10)

extortextortionistfleecegougeharpyhold upleechmilkoverchargeoverprice

Related words (16)

overtaxpredatorracketeerraptorscrewshakedown artistsharkskinsoakstickstingsurchargeswindlevampirevictimizevulture

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

5 entries

benefitcapitalistgainprofitprofiter

Related terms

4 entries

privateerprofit mongerprofiteeringracketeer

derived

1 entries

war profiteer

derived from

1 entries

profit

has context

1 entries

pejorative

is a

2 entries

capitalistprofiter

manner of

1 entries

profit

related to

2 entries

profit mongerprofiteering

Translations

31 translations across 16 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries

• إسْتِغْلَالِيّ noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• اِنْتِهَازِيّ noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• спекулант noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• спекулирам verb (to make an unreasonable profit)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 奸商 noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Dutch

1 entries

• profiteur noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Finnish

2 entries

• kiskuri noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• rahastaa verb (to make an unreasonable profit)

French

2 entries

• profiteur noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• profiteuse noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

German

2 entries

• Profiteur noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• Profitmacher noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Hungarian

2 entries

• nyerészkedő noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• nyerészkedik verb (to make an unreasonable profit)

Irish

1 entries

• brabachóir noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Italian

1 entries

• profittatore noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Korean

1 entries

• 모리배 noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Latin

1 entries

• lucripeta noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Portuguese

1 entries

• usureiro noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Russian

4 entries

• бары́га noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• бары́шник noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• переку́пщик noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• спекуля́нт noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Spanish

3 entries

• especulador noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• especuladora noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• lucrante inescrupuloso noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Welsh

2 entries

• budrelwr noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)
• proffidiwr noun (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Anyone who increases his wealth in time of war is a war profiteer.

Source: tatoeba (11546411)

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