profiteering

noun

prof·i·teer·ing ˌprä-fə-ˈtir-iŋ

: the act or activity of making an unreasonable profit on the sale of essential goods especially during times of emergency

… investigations unearthed information about industrial profiteering during the First World War …—

Thomas E. Ricks

The real estate culture in Florida had pushed profiteering to new levels, in large part because of its condominium economy.—

Paul Reyes

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The drama set in west Texas that’s about — what else? — oil drilling and profiteering will premiere Sunday, November 17, on the streamer. —

Lynette Rice, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024 Capitalism and profiteering starts in lower Manhattan. —

Gene Marks, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 The assertion that price-gouging and corporate profiteering caused inflation, an assertion that Harris does not believe, is dangerously wrong. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024 Our proprietary analysis of the most recent fiscal year (2023) revenues and profits of Fortune 100 companies finds little to no evidence of corporate price gouging or profiteering. —

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