profiteer
- An individual who gains excessive profit, particularly from selling critical resources in emergency situations such as wartime
- The store owner was accused of being a profiteer during the hurricane when he dramatically increased his prices for bottled water and batteries.
- Investigations were launched to prosecute profiteers who were exploiting the economic crisis to inflate the prices of essential goods.
- The government introduced strict regulations to deter any profiteer from taking advantage of natural disasters to make unreasonable profits.
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