verb
- made excessive profits, especially by taking advantage of shortages or emergencies
Usage: past tense of profiteer; often implies unethical behavior
Examples
- The company profiteered during the crisis by raising prices on essential goods.
- Local merchants profiteered from the shortage of building materials after the hurricane.
- He was accused of having profiteered from wartime contracts.
- The investigation revealed that several businesses had profiteered during the emergency.
- They profiteered by hoarding supplies and selling them at inflated prices.
- The senator criticized companies that profiteered from the pandemic.