Profiteer (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The company was accused of being a profiteer, overcharging customers for essentials during the natural disaster.
- A profiteer bought up all the available bottles of the new limited edition whisky and resold them online at inflated prices.
- Critics argued that the pharmaceutical company was a profiteer for setting such high prices for the life-saving medication.
- The profiteer exploited the market shortage by raising the price of his goods, much to the outrage of the community.
- Some saw the entrepreneur as a profiteer for selling masks at triple their original price during the pandemic.