Profiteering definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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May I suggest that to help reduce this blatant profiteering, which is standard throughout the entire food chain of govt companies and govt depts, that no single entity, that is, person or company, be allowed to own more than say, S$10,000 worth of shares in essential or infrastructural services like these public transport companies.

—The Online Citizen

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The only stretchers involved in this kind of profiteering were the ones on which the canvases were once prepared. — EQMM, July2006
Unlimited permission to copy without altering text or profiteering is hereby granted subject to proper credits and inclusion of this web address: www. openheaven.com. — inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message
Because the stores are greedy and the word profiteering comes to mind It's better for you (or so they say). — Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
Private sector bosses deny profiteering, and have warned that the LKP's wage demands will simply push up the jobless in a region already heavily dependent on state subsidies and public sector jobs. — Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Private sector bosses deny profiteering, and have warned that the LKP's wage demands will simply push up unemployment in a region already heavily dependent on state subsidies and public sector jobs. — Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines