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profiteering

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profiteering /ˌprɑːfəˈtirɪŋ/ noun
profiteering
/ˌprɑːfəˈtirɪŋ/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PROFITEERING
[noncount] disapproving
: the act of making money by selling things at very high prices at a time when they are hard to get

— profiteer

/ˌprɑːfəˈtiɚ/ noun, plural profiteers [count]