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• n  someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
• v  make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

• The TAC fights two battles: against international drug companies that Achmat accuses of manipulating the markets and profiteering at the expense of HIVAIDS sufferers, and against .
• Much of the reform process, he argued, has been a way for the lite to profiteer by trading on its political power.
• It is a study in greed, deceit and profiteering.

News & Articles

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• Businessman tries his luck at building pot brand
  SEATTLE (AP) — For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government or a backlash that could slow the marijuana reform movement across the country.
  June 17, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Bait and Switch: 'Evangelicals' funded by George Soros Endorse 'Gang of 8' Immigration Bill
  Our future should not be shaped by law-breakers but by law-keepers. Our policies and future should not be purchased by atheist billionaire and globalist profiteer George Soros who has funded an "Evangelical Immigration Table," which is nothing but a bait and switch.
  June 17, 2013 - The Christian Post
• Entrepreneur tries building marijuana brand
  SEATTLE — For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government
  June 17, 2013 - The Monterey County Herald

Quotes

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• Graeme Wood in Sydney Morning Herald
  Personally I'd like to see it up around $10,000 so it becomes a real deterrent,Wood said. "At $500 you could be in a situation with a few mates around where you can profiteer by running out onto the ground."
• Troy King in WKRG-TV
  Alabamians stand together in times of crisis, and we have laws to protect against those who would profiteer and take advantage of our citizens,said Attorney General King. "It is wrong and against the law to illegally charge outrageous...
• Greg Abbott in Dallas Morning News
  At a time when regulators, policymakers and stakeholders are working to help struggling families, unscrupulous operators are scheming to profiteer at homeowners' expense,Mr. Abbott said in a news release. "These defendants charged large...