profiteering

English

Noun

profiteering (usually uncountable, plural profiteerings)

  1. The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.
    war profiteering
    • 2022 May 3, Julia Kollewe, “Pfizer accused of Covid profiteering as first-quarter sales hit $26bn”, in The Guardian:
      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.

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profiteering

  1. present participle and gerund of profiteer
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