Associations to the word «Profiteer»

Wiktionary

PROFITEER, noun. (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.
PROFITEER, verb. To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

Dictionary definition

PROFITEER, noun. Someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply).
PROFITEER, verb. Make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche