Profiteering

Synonyms for "profiteering" (20 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
extortionate profitgougegreedyillegal profiteeringmonopolizeopportunism

Related words (10)

Noun(10 words)
overchargepredatoryprice gougingprofit seekingscalpingspeculationunethicalunethical practiceunethical pricingunlawful exploitation

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
descriptive termeconomic adjectiveeconomic behavioreconomic crimeeconomic wrongdoingmarket behaviormoral descriptorunethical conductunethical practice

More specific

11 entries
emergency profiteeringhoardingmarket manipulationmonopolistic pricingpredatory pricingprice gougingscalpingspeculative gainsspeculative profiteeringunscrupulous pricingwar profiteering

Collocations

14 entries
corporate profiteeringcrisis profiteeringethical concerns about profiteeringexcessive profiteeringillegal profiteeringpredatory pricingprice gougingprofiteering activityprofiteering practicesprofiteering pricesregulatory crackdownunethical profiteeringwar profiteeringwartime profiteering

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

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The price rise is in large part due to profiteering.

Source: tatoeba (10510966)

war profiteering

Source: wiktionary

Pfizer has made nearly $26bn (£21bn) in revenues in the first three months of the year, the bulk from its Covid-19 vaccine and new pill to treat the virus, prompting fresh accusations of pandemic profiteering.

Source: wiktionary

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