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profiteers

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a person who takes advantage of a situation in which other people are suffering to make a profit, often by selling goods that are difficult to get at a high price:

Examples:

a war profiteer
2
a person or organization that takes unfair advantage of a situation to make a large profit, often by selling goods that are difficult to get at a very high price:

Examples:

Humanitarian aid such as cans of oil were resold by war profiteers.

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