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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[1]:
      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