profiteering

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of profiteer

Word forms

profiteering profiteerings
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