profiteer
noun [C] /ˌprɒf.ɪˈtɪər/
/ˌprɑː.fɪˈtɪr/ disapprovingDefinition
› 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: a war profiteerDishonest peopleLies, lying and hypocrisyCheating and tricking profiteering /-ɪŋ/ noun [U] › The pharmaceutical company has been charged with profiteering from the AIDS crisis.Profits and losses
(Definition of profiteer noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Dishonest people, but you might be interested in these topics from the Honesty and dishonesty topic area:
- Affected & insincere
- Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- Cheating & tricking
- Dishonest
- Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- Faking & pretending
- Honesty, openness & sincerity
- Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- Loyal, faithful & dependable
- Naive & trusting
- Plotting & trapping
- Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- Sly & devious
Browse the Thesaurus
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
